Studies are coming out now that tell us that social media can negatively impact our self-esteem and overall mental health. More people are lonely and depressed than ever before. We are all connected, yet so apart.
Most people online are posting what I call their “highlight” reel. It’s an incomplete picture of how things really are, yet we take what we are seeing to the bank as truth. How many of us post things online that make us feel insecure or not enough? Not many of us. We post what we are proud of, what we aspire to be or just cool “insta opportunities”.
Social media is a tool and when used responsibly, it can be enjoyable. The challenge with it, is that it is really easy to go down the road of equating our “likes” with our self-worth. A million likes will never be enough if you don’t feel good about yourself. We need to stop defining our self-worth through external validation. It is an illusion.
Here are some things to remember when you lose sight of how amazing you are:
- You are already enough as you are. You don’t have to lose those last ten pounds or get that promotion to be enough.
- You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Today start approving of yourself and see what happens.
- You are worthy.
- You are capable.
- You are not your mistakes.
- Why are you trying to fit in when you were born to stand out?
And remember above all else, that you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and loved more than you will ever know.
