Short messages on Positive change from Respect Yourself, the guidance site for young people to help make good decisions in life.
Instead of waiting for the perfect moment to start on something important, take action now and learn along the way. In 6 months you’ll be finished or much closer to the outcome.
Have the courage to be yourself. Your real value is rooted in who you are, not who you aren’t. There is something unique and special about you.
Unrelenting self-criticism often goes hand in hand with unhappiness and anxiety, and is completely unjustified. There is no reason to be your own biggest critic.
Start changing your Self Talk in small ways. Trying to change it all at once can be overwhelming, so break it down into phases to make the process easier.
Don’t be afraid to get back up – to try again, to love again, to live again, and to dream again. Don’t let a hard lesson harden your heart.
Don’t take things too personally, even if it seems personal. People rarely do things because of you. They do things because of them.
The most honourable thing is not to never make mistakes, but to admit to them when you do make them, and then to follow through and do your best to make the wrong things right.
The relationships that work well are the ones that make you a better person without changing you into someone other than yourself, and without preventing you from outgrowing the person you used to be.
Monitor your energy during the day. Arrange your most difficult tasks for periods of high energy and the easier, more routine, tasks during periods of low energy.
Find the easiest way to do something properly.