The complete list of all life-guiding messages for young people – click the titles for further information
Knowing what makes you happy and how to meet your goals can help you feel capable, strong, and in control of your life. A positive attitude and a healthy lifestyle (such as exercising and eating right) are a great combination for building good self-confidence.
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Self-esteem is how much you value yourself, the pride you feel in yourself, and how worthwhile you feel. It is important: feeling good about yourself can affect how you act. A person who has high self-esteem will make friends easily, is more in control of their behaviour, and will enjoy life more.
If you are affected by depression, you are not ‘just’ sad or upset. You have an illness which means that intense feelings of persistent sadness, helplessness and hopelessness are accompanied by physical effects such as sleeplessness, a loss of energy, or physical aches and pains.
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Make a budget: so you can understand what money you have coming in and exactly where it is being spent. Learn to keep it balanced and not live beyond your means.
People who accept the way they look and feel good about their bodies most of the time have a positive body image. People with a positive body image also understand that how they look does not determine their self-worth.
Planning a night out: get a lift home, have taxi money put aside, have an emergency number, always stay with someone. Know your limits.
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Body image is not about how you look, but how you feel and think about the way you look, and how you imagine other people see you.
When you hear negative comments coming from within yourself, tell yourself to stop. Try building your self-esteem by giving yourself three compliments every day.
Drink driving carries penalties of 6 months imprisonment, a £5000 fine and a 3-year driving ban. Killing someone through careless driving is 14 years imprisonment.
One unit of alcohol is ½ a pint of 4% beer, one small pub measure of spirits or ⅔ of a small glass of 12.5% wine. Men should drink no more than 4 units a day, women 3.