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How To Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It

Tame your inner critic and unleash your potential.

Matt Lillywhite
4 min readDec 16, 2020
Photo by Elyas Pasban on Unsplash

My level of confidence used to be as high as my chances of Elon Musk asking if I want to go to Mars next week. Zero.

The reason? I used to have social anxiety. I always thought that people would judge me for the insecurities I saw in myself. And as a result of having little confidence, I continually listened to the voices inside my head that told me I wasn’t good enough.

But over the past few years, my entire life has changed for the better. The truth is that I didn’t do anything spectacular that required loads of money or large amounts of time. Instead, I practiced the following daily habits that helped me to love myself a lot more. Hopefully, they will help you, too.

Remember That Mistakes And Imperfections Are Totally Normal.

I used to find it difficult to look at myself in the mirror. There were many aspects of myself that I absolutely hated. For example:

  • I have a somewhat pointy chin. People used to bully me in high school and continuously said I looked like a nacho. As you can imagine, that didn’t do wonders for my confidence.
  • I’m not extremely muscular. I never have been. If you…

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Matt Lillywhite
Matt Lillywhite

Written by Matt Lillywhite

Storyteller and part-time procrastinator. Writing to inspire, entertain, and avoid doing laundry. Substack: https://mattlillywhite.substack.com/subscribe

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