Here are a couple of photos I took at Tompkins Square Park. It looked like a winter wonderland:
Self-worth is not something you accumulate, it is inherent.
Your sense of worth shouldn’t depend on external validation, it should come from within. If you don’t accept yourself and recognize your inherent value, you will never feel good enough, regardless of how hard you try and how much “success” you achieve. Ultimately, you will never be truly happy.
Sure, external accomplishments might make you feel good about yourself momentarily, but relying solely on accomplishments to fuel your self esteem is problematic. If you equate personal success with self worth, then you may equate failure with not being good enough. If you subscribe to this type of mindset, it is harder to recover from failure or a setback. When you “fail”, you may assume it’s due to your lack of abilities, when in reality its not. Everyone experiences some form of failure in life, it is important not to let the setback damage your self confidence and realize that failure and struggle is part of being human.
Moreover, no amount of validation and love from others can replace the need for you to love yourself. Yes, it feels great to receive compliments from your friends and family and sure, being loved for who you are feels wonderful. However, when you give others the power to determine how you feel about yourself, the moment someone starts to criticize you and the moment someone dislikes you or rejects you, your world starts to crumble. This mentality results in a fluctuating self-esteem; one moment you feel great about yourself, the next you’re wallowing in self-loathing. Such a mindset is unsustainable and does not guarantee long-term happiness.
Ultimately, our self-worth shouldn’t be determined by things beyond our control. We can’t control what others think and we can’t control what happens to us, we can only control how we feel about ourselves. The truth is, we are all deeply flawed, but worthy of (self) love anyway.
A short video I made which captures the pulsating rhythm and hustle and bustle of NYC. Enjoy! 🙂
I’m glad to have discovered my passions in life and I’m excited to be on this lifelong creative journey! 🙂 This is just the beginning.
As a lover of all things floral, I fused a portrait of myself with an image of flowers. I adjusted the opacity, played with the color balance and added some noise to create a grainy effect.
The result? Dreamy, vintage inspired imagery.
“Later that night
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered
where does it hurt?
it answered
everywhere
everywhere
everywhere.”
― Warsan Shire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Z-kjrSomw
Hi, I am Sarah! Welcome to my new blog.
I am a digital marketer currently in design school. I have a deep-seated curiosity for understanding people and a penchant for daydreaming.
This is where I will write about the stuff I’m passionate about – digital marketing, design and psychology. Stay tuned for my posts.
A glimpse of life in the city, through the lens of melancholy.
