The Self-Love Journal

[self-love-journal]

Confusion brings understanding.

Chaos brings clarity.

It only takes time.

Be patient with yourself through your storms.

[perfectquote]

“Love didn’t hurt you. Someone who doesn’t know how to love you hurt you. Don’t confuse the two.”

— Unknown

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

shoutout to the people who for the longest time didn’t see a future and thought their lives would be over by now. you made it. you’re still going. i know it’s hard building a future you weren’t prepared for, but i believe in you. you’re a survivor.

[cherrychapati]

LOVE WILL FIND YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN EVEN WHEN YOU THINK IT WON'T

[self-love-journal]

Just keep going. You will find your way back to yourself.

[self-love-journal]

I don't know who needs to hear this but whatever you are going through right now - you are not the first nor the last person to experience it. We all go through friendless phases in our lives, we all experience heartbreak and soul wrecking pain, we all feel lost and alone sometimes and we all felt directionless at some point in our lives. And I just wanted to tell you that whatever it is that's making it difficult for you to breathe - it will pass. No wave will overlay you forever. No darkness lasts forever. New waves and new days will come and you will be ok again.

But for now, just remember that even if you feel like you have nothing left, you still have new sunsets and coffee that comforts you and new books and characters you can fall in love with, and flowers and autumn leaves and everyday you can wake up and start a new hobby or rewatch the series you have seen a hundred times already. New days will bring new hope and you will be ok again.

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Self improvement is great but ultimately? you have to accept your self. Yes you can eat better, exercise more, read more, set boundaries, love your self, but it all comes down to this. Some days you won’t have the energy to do any of these things. And you’ll look in the mirror and think that this is not enough. That’s a lie. The biggest love for self is to live slowly. To rest. To really rest. Have a nap. Eat what makes you feel good. Read if you want to. Embrace yourself and accept that you cannot and will not be ever be perfect. Accept that you are good enough. You don’t need to keep busy all the time. you don’t need to go out all the time and post on instagram. You don’t need to journal if you don’t want to. You don’t need to make art if you don’t want to. Breathe, give yourself grace and compassion. Give yourself the love and tenderness you so badly need. Be gentle with yourself. You are trying and it is good enough. You are good enough.

[inloveforevr-deactivated2025041]

A beautiful poem that illustrates my point

[thoradvice]

things get better slowly. you’ll wake up and you won’t feel an aching dread in your chest, but feel lighter. you’ll start to notice little things that make you smile: sunlight, soft pyjamas, hot tea, biting into fresh fruit. you’ll seek out these things, and your life will get warmer and fuller. day by day. you may still have days where you can’t get out of bed, but they’ll be fewer - small dark spots in a world of colour. if things aren’t too good yet, please remember that recovery is slow. show yourself some kindness. you deserve it.

[veryluckyclovers]

[justarandomgirly]

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[flowerais-deactivated20211031]

your future self loves you. they will look through old photos of you with affection, not disgust, nor embarrassment. they wish they could tell you stories of your future, of how much you’ll change, of the people you’ll meet, of how you’ll eventually learn to accept yourself, then love yourself. they will read your diary entries and poems and favourite lyrics, heart aching, tears in their eyes. if only you knew...

your future self loves you. if only they could show you. they are living proof. you’ll turn out okay after all. they wish they were there to console you, dance with you, and make you write it a hundred times: “I AM LOVED”. they will listen to playlists you made, just to experience you again. they will write you a letter - of forgiveness, longing, reassurance. you will never read it. but you will know.

[self-love-journal]

I don’t know who needs to hear this but I just wanted to remind you that life isn’t a competition or a constant self-improvement project. You don’t have to be better or “prettier” or smarter than anyone else and you don’t have to overwork yourself to be deserving of rest. You are not behind. And it’s totally ok to find happiness or fulfillment in a life that others don’t understand. It’s ok if success looks different for you than it does to someone else. I just wanted to remind you that you are enough. You always have been. 🩷

[fleurison-deactivated20190824]

you’re about to overcome something you’ve been dealing with. your mind and heart will soon be at peace again. you’re going to start feeling more lighter. things are about to get clear. breathe through it. be patient about it. trust that you will make it. everything will be okay.

[hungryfictions]

anne lamott, bird by bird

[smiles-advice]

there is no such thing as being "behind in life" but it's okay to recognise that you missed out on some things whilst you were busy surviving

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

i want to live. i want to see this through. i want to get to a day where i’m doing more than surviving.