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𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝘆𝘁𝗵 𝗩𝗦 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 In the mood today to post a pretty picture dipped in vanity & self indulgence. Because why not? Why won’t I love myself & think the world of myself? Call it Narcissism if you want to; I term it Self Love. I have been reading about self love & appreciation. Like most of us, I was my harshest critic, doubtful of myself, for the longest time. To some extent I still am Even when I was younger & many kilos lighter & probably looked quite ok, I was self conscious at times. Looking into the reflection in the mirror I could find my flaws. If someone complimented my looks, rather than being happy & accepting the praise for what it is. I would become conscious again, even though externally, I am quite a confident person I wasn’t this self deprecating daily though. In answer to my self conscious days, there were also those days, when I would look into a mirror & immediately decide that I should be crowned the next Miss Universe, Coz come on, look at me 👸🤷‍♀️ And then there would be days when I felt I should put a brown paper bag on my head before stepping out. My self worth varied from day to day & sometimes even oscillated within the same day. Is this ailment of self bashing more common with women? I have noticed that most men seem to be pretty pleased with themselves all the time. On the contrary, here’s what I think of myself; my nose is small, I have a round face & I would kill for some cheekbones & a few inches more of height won’t be a bad deal. I also hate how my body looks now, post motherhood. But over the years I have learnt to stop this self criticism and loathing. I have unlearnt my presumptions and mastering the art of looking at myself to find the good, not the flaws. Like, I have an extremely pretty smile. My eyes are pretty cool & overall, I am pretty ok. it’s been a revelation of self love. So let’s do this. I want you to compliment yourself. Tell me what you love about yourself & it can’t be anything profound sounding, It has to be about your physical appearance. Because some plain old shallow vanity is never out of fashion and may actually be quite healing ❤️ #selflove #selfcare

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This post was published on 28th June, 2019 by Smita on her Instagram handle "@theavgmom (Smita | The Average Mom)". Smita has total 39.0K followers on Instagram and has a total of 1.9K post.This post has received 1.4K Likes which are greater than the average likes that Smita gets. Smita receives an average engagement rate of 0.35% per post on Instagram. This post has received 121 comments which are greater than the average comments that Smita gets. Overall the engagement rate for this post was lower than the average for the profile. #selfcare #selflove has been used frequently in this Post.