self-esteem

When we touch fingers, I watch my reflection consumed by you a little more each day. You own my happiness, dictate my melancholy, rewarding me when I shave myself away. 

I decided to adopt a more positive attitude towards my skin and physical appearance. Instead of starting my mornings with negative self-talk, I switched to expressing gratitude for the ability to see a dermatologist and get the treatments I needed. I reminded myself that my acne did not define me or my beauty.

It’s natural for me to focus only on what I’m bad at. The issue of my low self-esteem isn’t the thoughts that I had. It’s that I genuinely believed them.

Relationships are learning experiences, but we don’t always carry the best parts of what we learned into the future. Learn to let go of past relationships.

When we place our whole sense of self on external relationships, we lose sight of who we truly are as a person. For that reason, it’s important to take yourself out on a solo date and grow more intimately connected to your true self. 

Yes, sir, this is an ode to how I’m 21 years old and only slightly more socially adept than my worst middle school self.