You’re enough! – Here’s why.

How many times a day do you think the thought “I’m not enough” is thought? Earlier in my life I also counted me to the people who always thought they’re not enough. Several times a day. But I can tell you one thing: My life is so much better since I stopped these thoughts!

Why do we think that?

Why the hell does this thought even exist? And why is it exactly the same thought with so many people even though we’re all so different?

I think the majority of people who think they’re not enough are women that think they’re worth less than others. Or that who they look worse than others. Or who think they’re not enough for a job or even for a partner. They think they’re not enough to reach the same like someone else did. Or that they don’t deserve it, to live the life they wish for.

“Some lifestyles” are pre-reserved for others. But definitely not for me.” is a similarly thought like the “I’m not enough-thought”.

That’s all pure Bullshit! And here’s why.

Thank you, dear society

When I was at this point I had too much pressure from the outside. I couldn’t always withstand that.
At school I heard it. “Friends” told me the same. Teachers as well. And let’s not even begin with the magazines and newspapers. Even the posters out there told me.

No – no one of them said “You’re not enough”. But one time this thought was born into my head. Because we’re forced to prove ourselves in front of other people who judge us. It already startet when we were children.

When I was younger I couldn’t prove my can often – to be true I didn’t even want to prove something. I  just wanted to live.

And I’m not the only one.

You think that you’re not enough just because other people said mean things about you or because you do some things not as good as others can do it?

We have to end that!

There’s even a terminology to describe the fear not to be enough: Atelophobia. Isn’t this crazy?

Earlier in my life when I also had to fight with those thoughts I believed that the reason for it is: Too little self-confidence.

Today I think it’s “normal”. If you DO have enough self-confidence and don’t have thoughts like this it’s almost a wonder. Isn’t this funny?

Don’t be normal – be unique

Among all the demands from the outside and all the manipulative advertisements that we see all day long it’s really special to be different.

Theoretically you’ve won as soon as you’re laughed at because you do things in a different way or because you look different. I mean would a group of people laugh at you if you were the same like them? I don’t think so 😉

Und that’s the point. Be proud of not being like that!

• Just because you don’t boast with big words it doesn’t mean that you can do less.
• Just because you have no idea of make-up it doesn’t mean you’re less “woman”
• If you don’t drive an expensive car you’re not less man
• You have weaknesses. Luckily! Imagine how boring it were otherwise. But do you also see your strengths?
• Everyone can do something particularly good. YOU TOO!
• Beauty is NOT in the eye of the beholder – You’re beautiful if you feel beautiful.
• To be normal doesn’t bring you to extraordinary great situations in life and you don’t end up with extraordinary great people. – Be extraordinary!

Isn’t this beautiful? To be prompted to be extraordinary instead of adapting. 🙂

There’s only one “you” cv  in this world – how can you think that’s not enough?

There’s only one “you” in this world.

We’re unique from the inside and the outside. How the hell can we think that we could be not enough?

I mean… Who says what’s enough?

You’re enough from birth on! None of us is perfect and none of us should be. And being perfect or not has nothing to do with being enough or not.

There are people that overestimate massively and talk big words. And unfortunately they fall down with that habit one day.

And then there are those people who underestimate and don’t appreciate their being. They tell less than they can and do more than they promise. Isn’t that great?

YES, it is! And those people only have to finally recognize this 🙂 Because exactly those people from the second kind are those who often think that they’re not enough or that they can’t do this or that. We should end that, because those thoughts are self-destructive.

You’re enough – recognize it!

Now it’s time to FINALLY recognize that you ARE ENOUGH!

Und these are the steps that I went:

1. Stop to compare with others 
   • Why do we compare with others? I mean this makes no sense, because we’re totally different to anyone else out there. And we shouldn’t do the same like them or look like them.
2. Become aware of your strengths and use them 
   • Which ones are YOUR strengths? If you don’t know it yet, sit down and write down everything positive that comes to your mind when you think of yourself. You have many strengths 🙂 And if you really can’t find anything, ask someone you trust who knows you.
3. Become aware of your weaknesses and love them
   • Yeah, you also have weaknesses. And that’s good. Because nobody’s perfect and no one should be. 🙂
4. Look in the mirror and smile at yourself 
   • Just do it 🙂 Smile in the mirror. Several times a day and again and again.
5. Be nice to yourself. Stop punishing yourself with bad words or whatever.  
   • If you didn’t succeed in something, don’t punish yourself for it. Stop with those mean words. You don’t have to succeed every single time. You’re human.
   • Learn from your failures and go on.
6. Celebrate little successes each day, because you set little goals each day that make you grow personally 
   • Set small goals like “Try a new prescription” and then do it. Or “Care about myself after work” – really small goals that bring small successes each day.
7. Do sports and move your body
   • Your body and mind are connected. If you want to help your mind, move! It triggers happiness. I don’t know people who don’t feel good after they did a workout or went out for a walk 🙂
8. Compare yourself with the “you from yesterday” and smile because you’re growing! <3 
   • The only person you should compare with is yourself. To see how far you’ve come. <3

You’re enough as soon as you allow to be enough for yourself. 

Do you also know that feeling? What do you think of it?