Self care tip:

giveroffuns:

Say at least one nice thing to yourself per day. I picture it like this: there is an old fashioned scale in our mind. On one side, there is a heavy jar filled with sand. The sand represents all the negative things we hear/tell ourselves/ get told about ourselves per day. On the other side of the scale is a jar with only a few grains of sand in it. Those grains represent the positive, kind, affirming things that are said about us. The negative sand is constantly being added to. By parents, by people from school, and even by ourselves. It’s our job to fill the jar of positivity. It can be as simple as telling yourself “self, you are a kind person. You deserve to be taken care of”. Eventually your positive side will grow and grow, and each little grain of positivity will add up. At first you may think that the positive things you say to yourself are worthless. But keep doing it. Keep adding positivity to your life. Soon you’ll say more and more positive things to yourself without noticing it. Soon the positive side will outweigh the negative side. Keep adding to the choir of positivity in your head. Make the positive thoughts louder than the angry, painful, horrible voices in your head. Bury yourself in an avalanche of kind thoughts. You’re worth it. Sometimes you won’t feel like being kind to yourself. That’s when it’s most important to say good things, even if you don’t feel like they’re true at the moment. Always keep filling the positive side of the scale. Strive to make the positive outweigh the negative. You can do it.

(via sadpandanet)