Hello lovelies. It's been a while I know, but school's been hectic with exams and constant revision. However, today I'm back and starting a new little series called 'Kiera Rambles'. Since a lot of my most popular posts are my rambles or rants. I thought you guys would enjoy this little series, where I can talk about topics that I'm passionate about. Starting with self love/care - something I'm a huge advocate for.
Loving yourself is more important than loving anybody else. You are the one person guaranteed to always stick by your side and support yourself through the toughest moments. Sometimes we kick ourselves whilst we're down, or only ever pick out what we see as flaws and never allow ourselves to see the good. Loving yourself doesn't make you vain, it's sanity. I know how it feels when your anxiety creeps up on you and you want to curl up in bed forever, but that isn't always the answer. Here's some things that can hopefully help you to love or care for yourself...
1. Take A Long Nice Relaxing Bath
Light some candles, pour in plenty of bubbles and grab a book. There isn't much a bath can't fix to be honest. If you're feeling like shit then I can't recommend this enough. Switch of your phone, grab a book and relax. This gives you time to wind down and re-evaluate situations without social media influencing your thoughts. Taking time to yourself is one of the best ways to gain self love.
2. Be Kind
I know a lot of you like me, has at some point had a lot of contempt for yourself and sometimes dislike yourself. It's easy to look in the mirror and only see what you hate, it takes a lot of courage to look in the mirror and tell yourself you look beautiful. I know whenever I get like this I question how I would feel if somebody else constantly picked out my flaws. Horrible. So why do it to yourself? All your flaws are beautiful and they make you, you.
3. De-Clutter
If my anxiety is particularly bad and my room's a mess, my mind just can't settle and I find myself feeling on edge. For me de-cluttering is such a big part of self care and can really help to lower my anxiety levels. Clear out your wardrobe, sort through your makeup or have a quick speed tidy around your room, These are such small things but help to make me feel organised and a lot less stressed.
4. Stop Comparing
You are who you are and comparing yourself to others won't make you feel any better. Everybody has flaws and that's OK. I used to look at my friends a lot and compare myself to them, but I used to find this made me feel a lot more less confident. You have to keep telling yourself that nobody is the same.
Hopefully this helps some of you to love yourselves more & be a lot more positive.
