9 signs that you are finally starting to love yourself

When I think of self-love I think of all the women who struggle every day to realize how much they are actually worth. I think of the young girls who look in the mirror and are mostly dissatisfied with what they see. The insecurity that is so deeply ingrained in so many women. 

So when a woman finally gets to the point in her life where she actually loves herself, this is a huge milestone. It’s like her first kiss, first time, wedding or graduation. We live in a period where much value is placed on beauty, status, likes and how many friends we have, it is not easy to love ourselves as the unique beings that we are. 

But the older we get, the easier it becomes to love ourselves. We learn to understand ourselves a little more and life feels lighter because life just becomes easier when we love who we are. Below you will see 9 small signals that indicate that you are finally starting to love yourself:

1 You feel better about yourself
Instead of looking at your flaws, you see points in the mirror that you actually like. You wear clothes that highlight your best points. And who cares if you’ve gained some weight? This is proof that you are enjoying life. Accepting yourself becomes easier when you feel good about yourself. 

2 You’ve Stopped Comparing Yourself To Others
You used to compare yourself to almost every woman you saw. You wondered how her hair shined so beautifully, her skin was so radiant or her hips were so narrow. Now you know that you are putting yourself down with these comparisons when this is absolutely necessary, everyone is unique and beautiful in their own way. 

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3 You get appreciation from yourself and no longer from other people.
You used to think that you only really looked good when people complimented you, but now you think you look good if you think you look good. You know what you are worth and the opinions of other people no longer contribute to this, because you know that there is nothing as changeable as a person. And what someone finds beautiful this month, someone may find terrible next month, which is why it is nonsense to care about the opinions of others. 

4 You Don’t Need a Man to Make You Feel Beautiful
Many women want a man to appreciate their beauty. The more compliments, the better they feel. They need a man to tell them they are sexy to feel good. You know that no man is responsible for this feeling, you are the one who makes you feel good. And you’re the one who finds yourself sexy in that beautiful dress.

5 You wish others their success
. You used to feel small next to someone with a lot of success. You felt inferior and less successful than the other person. Now you are filled with love for yourself and you no longer feel small next to other people. You think it’s great what someone has achieved, but you don’t feel any less about yourself because of it. 

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6 You are no longer so hard on yourself.
You used to worry about every little thing you had done wrong in your own eyes. But now that you’ve started to love yourself, you know that everyone makes mistakes and no one is perfect. You do your best and this is enough.

7 You are looking for or have a good, sweet man.
A relationship with a bad man can mean that love for yourself is hard to find. You dated wrong men or with men who were not wrong, but who also did not give you the love you deserved. Now you know what you want and what you deserve. 

8 You invest in self-care
Self-care means that you implement things in your life that make you a better person. It can involve healthy food, exercise, mediation, yoga or whatever it is that makes you feel balanced and good. You used to ignore the things that made you feel good, but now they come first. 

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9 When you say you love yourself, you mean it.
Finally you can say that you love yourself, that you think you are good enough. You feel it and you mean it. And it’s a wonderful feeling to be able to say without a doubt that you love yourself after all these years.

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