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Love Yourself

And stop being so uncomfortable with the person you are

Mydia Alonso

Nov 14, 2016

Plains, Pennsylvania

Emily Carpenter

Learn to be comfortable with the person you are. Learn to love every part of yourself, even your flaws and what sets you apart from the rest- and what sets you apart from the rest is never a bad thing. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise. You have every right and reason to love yourself and my mother once told me that confidence is the most beautiful thing. To be so sure of yourself that you never let anyone else tear you down, is something so admirable. To walk through this world, knowing your value and worth, is something so commendable. I give you every ounce of respect I have if you've went from being insecure with the person you are to being comfortable in your own skin because the journey in between the two is not an easy one.

I would know.

Learning to be comfortable with yourself starts with one thing; realizing that you will never be perfect, coming to terms with that fact and accepting it but knowing that you areenough. You always have been. Once you have this mentality, from there on out is easy.

Wear clothing you were afraid to wear before, show off the scars and marks you were once afraid for anyone to see, show off your make-up free face, let your natural hair be frizzy all it wants, laugh as loud as you please without apologizing for it, stand up for yourself when others try and degrade you; stick up for the person you have become and don't let any negative comments bring you down.

And if you haven't heard this yet then let me be the one to tell you: you are beautiful, you deserve to be happy, you are enough, you will always be enough. Anyone who tries to convince you otherwise does not deserve to be a part of your life. Please understand that.

Be comfortable with yourself and do it in such a fearless and bold way that no one will ever look at you the same. They will envy you for having achieved what they haven't and will try and shame you for doing so- for loving yourself. But falling in love with yourself is nothing to be ashamed of and being comfortable with the person you are is the loveliest thing in the world.

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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