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You are your own greatest asset, and it’s probably time you started giving yourself more credit.
Any time you feel like you’re making the wrong choice, remember that life is not built exclusively on perfect decisions and that your recoveries are just as important as your mistakes.
how much you need to find a different job.
It is okay to binge-watch bad TV sometimes, but it’s not okay to drown yourself in the Internet and not let yourself see the light of day.
Sometimes your boss is right and sometimes your boss is just being unnecessarily rude to you, but if you always interact with them in a positive way, it will serve you better in the long run.
Every time you experience rejection, do one thing for yourself that pushes you forward, whether it’s applying for one more job or finally asking someone out on a date.
You don’t need to prove your beauty to anyone, but there’s nothing wrong with taking the time to make yourself feel beautiful.
Do not let anyone make you feel like you’re unlovable; you may be difficult to love, you may have baggage, but you are not unloveable.
There is no specific age at which you need to have a boyfriend, need to have an established career, need to have children, or need to get married.
Losing love is better than never having that love at all.
you don’t need to feel guilty about growing apart.
Don’t be afraid to be “selfish” at work by advocating for yourself and making sure your boss recognizes what a phenomenal job you’re doing.
At the age of 23, Oprah was getting fired and Walt Disney was declaring bankruptcy.
No one’s life is ever as good as it looks on Instagram, so you have no reason to be jealous.
It’s natural to feel like you have to run away—from people, from feelings, from places, from life—but sometimes you should challenge yourself to stay put.
Stop apologizing ...
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Being single isn’t a curse, it’s an opportunity to meet people, not answer to anyone,...
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You don’t have to make excuses for believing in whatever you believe in; you don’t...
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You cannot be best friends with every single person in your office; in fact, your work life will be better if you’re not.
Finding purpose in your everyday life is essential, but stressing out about whether every little thing is meaningful isn’t.
Feeling lost is just a gentle reminder that you are trying to improve yourself every day.
you’re corrupting the goodness of your mind and soul.
It’s okay if you don’t like your friends anymore. Because growing up means growing apart, sometimes.
It’s okay if you still don’t know what you want. Because does anyone really know what they want, ever?
Removing negative people from your life will help you get where you want.
There are more good people than bad in the world. If you haven’t found them yet, you’re looking in the wrong places.
Crying feels good sometimes. Even if it is for days at a time, let it all out.
Don’t tear yourself apart to keep someone whole. You do you, man.
Being selfish doesn’t make you a monster. Take time for yourself. You need to focus on you.
No matter how strongly you feel about each other, you can’t expect to be fulfilled by your relationship alone.
He—the fuckboy, whoever he is—will soon be a blip in your distant memory.
If a guy makes you feel like you constantly need to work for his attention, move on.
It is perfectly OK to graduate without ever finding a college boyfriend, or without falling in love—all that will come, trust.
You are always allowed to change your mind.
There’s no right or wrong way to grow up.
You owe nothing to your younger self. You are not responsible for being the person you once thought you’d be.
Do you know why you don’t have the things you once thought you wanted? Because you don’t want them anymore. Not badly enough.
Give yourself permission to want what you want now.
If you want to change your life, stop thinking about how you feel lost and start coming up with actions you can take that move you in a direction—any
Feeling lost or like you “don’t know what you’re doing” is only solved by learning to think about things differently. That’s all.
Feeling sad or down in the dumps doesn’t make you pathetic, it means you’re a human.
Some great art came because of great sadness.
Somewhere out there, someone is probably smiling because of you.
“I just don’t feel like it,” is a perfectly acceptable reason to pass on something.
You can get out of bed because if you find it’s too much, you can always get back in.
Tomorrow is another day.
Everything is temporary.
If someone doesn’t ‘get’ bad moods, they’re just completely in their own world and you don’t need to pay attention to them.
There are so many people who deal with depression every day; you are not alone.
You don’t have to run a marathon, you can just ...
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