The Words I wish I heard in High School

            Today, while going through clothes and things that had been packed away in an attempt to de-clutter my life, I started thinking about how far I’ve come. You see, I think we all go through an awkward phase, but mine was ESPECIALLY awkward. To put it bluntly, I hated myself in high school. [before you stop reading, I promise this will be a positive post]  If you were to ask any of my friends from that period of my life I’m sure they would say that it didn’t seem that way, but deep down I quietly ridiculed everything about myself. I used humor as a defense, tried laughing things off and beat people to the punch. I went through a weird dark period, but eventually I realized that I couldn’t be happy with anything about myself, or my life, if I constantly worried about what others thought of me. 

            It took a really long time to figure out my self-worth and to realize just because I didn’t have the perfect body or the best smile or all the brains that I was perfectly perfect in my own sense of the word. By the time I reached college I realized that my health was the most important thing and because of that working out and eating healthy were top priorities. As I’ve gotten older, these priorities have evolved and grown into a life style change that I think more people should do. You’d be surprised how much better all aspects of your life are once you find the balance between your health and happiness.

It breaks my heart to see girls struggling with insecurity issues every day. I wish I could tell each of them is that it will get better. That confidence is a wonderful thing, being healthy is more important than starving your self and that being body positive are some of the most important things in life. I am still nowhere near perfect, and I’ll never be, but that’s just the reality of life. I’m proud with how far I’ve come and I hope that if anyone reading this has had the same issues that this post will give them something to relate to.

Be kind, you never know who needs it.

xx