21DJC Day 8 – On a Scale of 1-10, How Much Do You Love Yourself

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RSSPersonal Excellence Challenges RSS Feednext page 1Personal Excellence ChallengesJoin monthly personal development challenges where thousands of people around the world work together to achieve their goals and dreams. Search21DJC Day 8 On a Scale of 1-10, How Much Do You Love Yourself?This is Day 8 of the 21-Day Journaling Challenge (21DJC) for Nov 2011. View listof tasks: 21DJC Overview .Hi everyone Welcome to Day 8 of 21DJC!Yesterdays question was: What is theMost Important Thing Youve Learned in Life SoFar? . ( Read the responses .)There have been so many things Ive learned to date, and each of them has been important in its own right. From lessons like follow your heart , trust your instinct, always address the root cause of issues and not the effects, open your heartto others and others will do the same, the outer state of your life reflect your inner beliefs than anything else, when theres a will theres a way, nothing is impossible in this world, your inner self has all the answers, you always have a choice , thelimits we face in life are to do with us than anything else, growingis the best thing one can do as a person, life is what you make it out to be, the only limits we face in life are ourselves, and many more.Hence, if you are to ask me one thing Ive learned in life so far, Id say its thatIvlearned nothing. That there are so many new things out there, so many incredible, talented people, so many wonderful experiences that Ive yet to experience. Tha

t the more I learn and grow, the more I realize how much Iveto learn. Ive found this to be especiallytrue since I started my travels .The implication then, is that we should always be open to new things. Dont closeyourself off from new experiences. Dont close yourself off from people. Dont ruleout new opportunities for growth. Most importantly, dont be closed off in your beliefs. (In Day 25 of Live a Better Life in 30 Days Program, we uncover disempowering beliefs and work on instilling empowering ones.)With that said, lets now move to todays question!21DJC Day 8Todays question is this:On a Scale of 1-10, How Much Do You Love Yourself?Self-love is a topic thats so important, yet rarely talked about in the realm ofpersonal growth. Hence, today Id like to ask you to reflect on this: How much do

you love yourself on a scale of1-10, where 1 is the lowest and 10 is the highest? And why?Put on your reflection cap and let your thoughts flow. Below is an empty form which you can use to write your answers to the question. Treat it as your private21DJC journaling room, if you will. You will be seeing this form every day, for the 21 days of the challenge. Theres a button for you to keep track of your word count too, if youre interested.(Note you will not see the form below if youre viewing this in your email client.Visit the actual post online to see the form.)On a Scale of 1-10, How Much Do You Love Yourself?[include_HTML: http://personalexcellence.co/challenges/21djc/wordcount.php]Your Task Today:1. Reflect and answer todays question . Theres no word limit whether minimum or ma

ximum. Writeas few or as many words as you want. Its all up to what you want toexpress!2. Share your answer . After you are done writing, copy and paste your answer inthe comments area and post it there.3. Check out other participants answers . Other participants will be sharing their answers too, so feel freeto read and reply to their answers . This is a groupcourse, so lets support each other in these 21 days.Look forward to reading your answers!This entry was posted on Sunday, November 13th, 2011 at 5:00 pm and is filled under: 21-Day Journaling Challenge


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212 Responses to ??DJC Day 8 On a Scale of 1-10, How Much Do You Love Yourself?May Says:November 13th, 2011 at 5:58 pmOn the scale of 1-10, I think I would choose around 7 or 8 for loving myself. Iwould never give myself a 10 becausethat would be when Im perfect and satisfied in life (which I believe will never happen because no one is perfect). I wouldnt give myself a 9 because Im not up there yet. I knowI can do better in life.The reason for the 7 or 8 is because I feel like thats where I am right now. I still have a long way to go in life, there are so many things I havent experienced.Of course, loving yourself is a great thing to do. But I dont love myselflike that yet. Im not the most optimistic person, in fact, Im always negative. I have manybad habits and issues to fix before I feel like I can be a 10.Like: +2Pat Fuller Says:November 13th, 2011 at 6:17 pmIf youd asked that a few years ago, Idhave said 3 or 4. But I embarked on a do-it-yourself self esteem project. I studied self-esteem and learned that no amount of praise or success will make you love yourself. You will feel like an impostor.True self worth comesfrom within and is the result of do things that are helpful and that build upothers. As you work to help others, the good feelings permeate your being.Gradually, you start to see yourself in new ways. Then, you realizethat you truly are a unique, unrepeatable miracleof worth and value. When you live this way, you continually affirm your self-worth. So now, I will rate myselfan8 as I still hope to grow and be more loving and helpful.

Like: +5Kamal Says:November 13th, 2011 at 6:25 pm3 4 years ago, things were different for me. Those were the days when I was going through the most toughest phase of my life and hardly loved myselfto the scaleof 4 due to the circumstances I was in.But now I will scale 10 for myself.I love myself to the fullest because I devote quality time to myself. Im a generous and helping person and a man of words. I believe in myself 100%because Im trustworthy. I know what is my importance in this world. I speak by heart. I alwayslearn from my mistakes and never repeat the same again. Im not at all egoistic. Imenergetic.I studied myself in depth. There is no reason why I should not love myself this

much.Now Im living the life which I always desired and already told myself that I willnot accept myself as the Second Best and always keep myself on the best position.I learnt that my relationship with myselfis the most important relationship I will ever have in my life. Thats why my lovefor myself is very very strong.Like: +17ganeshmuthiah Says:November 13th, 2011 at 6:26 pmA simple reality check on my care for Mind, health and my higher self.gives me a score of 4.To be at 7 i have to feel the following- Mind , positive and use it for creating value for others.

- Health , fit and strong.Higher self- Live life lead by higher self rather then not able to control my destiny.Like: 0karen Says:November 13th, 2011 at 6:39 pmOn a scale of 1-10 I would say Im a 5. I dont love myself enough and I know thats aproblem. I dont love myself because Im not as young as I used to be and life isntas full of possibilites as itused to be. I feel like I am not good at anything.I had to take a leave of absence from work because I felt I couldnt work for my b


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oss anymore. She was too demanding and treated me like a robot instead of a human being. But I still feel like a failure. I majored in English in school and I havent been able to find a job in publishing, in the 8 years since Ive been working. I started a bartending course last week but havent gone through with the finaltests because it felt too difficult and I didnt feel capable and didnt believe inmyself to be able to learn and memorize what I needed to. I dont love the fact that I cant seem to find a stable, steady career field that I actually like, so I go to work and try to change jobs and departments but always end up miserable. Imfrustrated that I wasnt smart enough to go into a better field like accounting ormarketing or teaching. I dont love myself because I am not outgoing or fun to bewith and have no friends, just my boyfriend.I dont love myself because I shouldve been way more successful than I am at32, andbecause I developed an anxiety disorder associated with the winter and with going through the motions every day and pretending to care about my boss when I nolonger respect her. I dont love myself because I shouldve been smarter about setting up my life so I wouldnt be so unhappy now. I feel lost and scared and dont knowwhat step to take next. I dont want to quit my job since I cant find another onethats better and I dont want to move back home with my parents. I could really usesome advice and encouragement. My boyfriend wants me to study and finish and pass my bartending class but I cant see myself working in that sort of position either. I dont know what to doLike: +1Kamal Says:November 13th, 2011 at 6:52 pm

Dear Karen.3 4 years ago the same was happening with me toothings were not going as per I planned..but then I learnt that these are not the reasons why I should not love myself tothe fullest..ups and downs are part oflife..You should imagine yourself on top and start loving yourself more and more and Im sure you will be muchmore happy in the future.Wish you the best.Like: +4J Says:November 13th, 2011 at 6:53 pmSelf-love doesnt have observable criteria like, say, Olympic gymnastics. I dont know where I stand. My guess is that Im somewhere in the middle. I could probably improve here. Better appreciating oneself through conscious effort would seem easy enough, and probably a step in the right direction, but Im not sure if theres a

direct way to just love yourself more.Like: 0Laurel Says:November 13th, 2011 at 7:01 pmIf I were to say how much I love myselfon a scale of 1-10, right now, in this moment, Id say about 8.Some days, I can feel almost perfect 10. I remember times in the past where I would say 5 or less, but in recent years I have accepted myself enough to rarely go below about 6.5-7.I feel less than optimal on that accounttoday because I made a few bad decisionstoday, but nothing irreparableor really against my core values so Ill probably recover, but at the moment Im still in a funk over it.Like: 0

cloudio Says:November 13th, 2011 at 7:26 pmHard to use my self imposed 100 wordsfor this topic, so I took advantage of thespace to compliment Celes with heranswer on yesterday question Most important thing I have learned in my lifeis that I have learned nothing.So true!It also help me to answer today question: How much do I love myself? 10.But how much I express this properly? Or the way I would like to?To quote Celes I should say 0.Ops 0 not an option, so 1.


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Maybe more, but far from 10.Same apply if the question would be to love somebody (Bee Gees)Like: +2Glenn Says:November 13th, 2011 at 7:37 pmOn a scale of 1-10, how much do I lovemyself?When I first read this question, it mademe feel slightly uncomfortable. Why would that be I thought to myself? Upon thinking about why it made me feel that way,I came to realise that love is not something I would ever measure on a scale of1-10. Doing so would feel very superficial. No matter how much you love yourself, you cant treat that love in the same way as a gymastic performance at the Olympics.To me, love for ourselves and others should be infinite. Of course we all haveproblems in our lives, but such problemsshould never get in the way of that infinite love. Those who consider themselves to be bad people based things they have done throughout their lives should not love themselves any less either. Without that infinite love, I dont believe it would be possible for many of us to reach those higher levels of conciousness. By scoring the amount of love we have forourselves on a scale of 1-10, I truly believe we would only be holding ourselves back. Placing a strong message in our minds that we are flawed and need to be fixed. Which in essence would only distract us from reaching our full potential.Like: +4Yinkaadepeju Says:November 13th, 2011 at 7:44 pm

This is a serious analysis to be frank i willgive myself 6 for i still have a lot of areas to cover for anybody to have chosen 8 and above is a bloody liar Jesus even said there is no perfect manLike: 0Lorraine Simmons Says:November 13th, 2011 at 7:46 pmWow! This is a difficult one for me. Id love to say 10or even 9or 8. But I would say 7. Some days when I feel lost and lonely and down on myself Illdrop down to a 4or 5, but on the average day I strive for a 7 or better. Im not really too surewhat would make it a 10I dont even know what loving myself to a 10 looks like. ButI have faith that as time goes on and I experience life my vision will be clearer.Like: +1

Mel Says:November 13th, 2011 at 7:52 pmFor me, it really depends on the day! If I have done something useful that day or managed to connect really well with people, Im usually very positive towards myself.But then there are times I feel my situation is not allowing me to be what I could be (financial issues, meeting thewrong people, etc). I do know it is notmy fault and some things take time to change for the better, but its surely frustrating and sometimes causes doubts: If Im not doing well, I must be doing something wrong and I cant seem to be capable of better.But I try to assure myself that any suchhappenings are simply bad luck and I should not judge myself by how lucky I amLike: 0

Carly Says:November 13th, 2011 at 7:59 pmOn a scale of 1 to 10how much do I love myself?EIGHT. And I will list 8 reasons why.1. I love the person Ive grown to be. Im only 20 so Im well on my way into life butthere is still a lot I expect to learn.2. Im a great listener and I absolutely love that about myself, because it allowsme to help others.3. In my personal opinion, and others, I give good advice. Many of my friends come to me for advice about the situations theyre in, and thank me greatly for the a


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dvice Ive given. It doesnt matter to me if they take my advice, but I think its a good thing to get someone elses opinion on something thats going on in your life because it can help you get through it a lot easier. I like being that person formy friends and family.4. I am dependable. My friends and family can depend on me no matter what! Im always there to help no matter with what! I love being that person someone can leanon.5. I love myself for having life goals thatI will stick to no matter what gets thrown my way. I will travel the world in my lifetime and be happy.6. I love my athleticism. Ive always been very athletic, since a very young age,and Im really happy Ive kept thatup throughout my years. Although Im not playing competitive sports anymore, Im going to the gym and pushing my limits. I love thatabout myself!7. My confidence is something I love about myself! Just in the past 2 years Ive really learned to appreciate who I was, and that I dont have to change for anyone!I am who I am. I dont have to look like a model or act like one! I love being who I am. I love being able to express who I without having to be ashamed. I am aweird girland I love that! It makes me who I am!8. I love my humour. Ive always thought that humour is an important part of life,everyone needs to laugh, right? Well I believe that is an essential part of life. And I love that Im able to laugh at myself and laugh at the humour of others.Im a very sarcastic girl and I love that I can laugh at the sarcasm of others even when the joke is about myself. And in turn, I love people that are able to laugh at themselves as well! I love myself enough to be able to laugh at myself, an

d not take them personally! I think thats very important!In order to love myself at a level of a ten, I would be more easy-going. When something is bothering me, it really bothers me and I wish that wasnt the case. Im trying to learn that I dont have to let things or people get to me. I think this is a majorthing in my life that I have to change inorder to get myself to my fullpotential.No matter what thoughI love me, myself, and I.Like: +6Christine Says:November 13th, 2011 at 8:06 pmOn a scale of 1-10, I would say I still stand on the scale of 7 when it comes toloving myself. I realize I have not loved myself to the fullest because I stillunderestimate my life, at times.

There are times when I am not gratefulenough with myself (and my life) because Ialways think that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.Although these days, I am trying hard to inject myself with more happiness bylearning to find pleasures in simple things in life; but there are times that I make myself miserable too, simply because I want to please everybody, which I obviously cant.Lastly, I think I have not fully loved myself yet because I still find it hard notto bother some peoples non-constructive criticisms towards me.There are times when I get too carriedaway with peoples non-constructive criticisms on me and forfew moments, these make me feel that myself is less worthy. Non-constructive criticisms require a lot of efforts to be completelyignored as they are actually nothing butpoisons and cruelty to my soul. Hence, in the attempt to love myself more I should seriously try not to take non-constructive criticisms to heart as th

ey do nothing good to me.Like: 0Jess Says:November 13th, 2011 at 8:14 pmI find that this is the question for a more abstract answer than a strict figure, however, I guess Id rate myselfas a 6.I find that the way I feel about myself and my life sit on a seesaw.I sit myself on a very high pedestal, andput myself under alot of pressure to achieve in all aspects of my life, which at times probably makes me seem like Im abit of a snob.


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However, I am very hard on myself andtend to talk myself down if I fall even theslightest bit short of the standards that I have set myself or if I make a mistake.Beyond all that, I believe that I have the capacity to be a very caring compassionate person, and tend to worry about the people around me, especially if they are hurt or unwell.Like: 0Christine Says:November 13th, 2011 at 8:20 pmI understand what you mean, Glenn. Ittook me more than 30 minutes to thinkand compose my answer for todays question. I found it a little bit difficult to answertoo.Like: +1Laura Says:November 13th, 2011 at 8:34 pmI love myself an 8?. I like who I am, what I belive, my life choices, however there is still and always room for improvement. I wish I could commit myself more to taking better care of my body (through exercise) more frequently. I also wantto explore and expand more on a spiritual side.I try to be my authentic real self at all times. This comes with age, at 45, I truly no longer feel as competitive with other people. I NEVER let material things define me. While I have a successful career, I realize that the money and things do not define who I am. I am happy and satiated with muchless than most people who do not earnas much. I try to live simple, as I truly believe that material

possessions tend to weigh us down.I enjoy making people laugh and laughing with them. I feel moments of complete joy almost every day, and I try to notice the beauty in the little things everyday. I do love myself and who I have become throughout my journey of life. Hopefully, as time goes on, I will evlove ,pre and let this mystery of life unfold to show me the true joys of a life well lived.Like: 0lynne Says:November 13th, 2011 at 8:38 pmI feel that I love myself at the area of 6.5 this is because I know that I doubtmyself and my abilities and therefore I hesitate to make the decisions that I know that I should especially those in the area of the moment. There is power inthe moment I know and yet because I consider the feelings of others far too much

I am the one who looses out.Like: 0Linda Says:November 13th, 2011 at 8:44 pmon a scale of 1-10 how much do i love myself, the answer is easy it would have to be 10. I have taught everyonei meet that if you want to be the best you can befor all those around you, you have to think first of yourself because if you run yourself down always putting others first then you wont have the inner strengthor energy to be the best you can for others.i love everyone unconditionally but all emiotions have a cost and if you are notbalanced enough to take that cost then what you do for others will cause you great harmto all my other journal buddies stay safeand well

Like: +2lotusbleu Says:November 13th, 2011 at 8:51 pmIs it possible not to love myself enough even though I think Im the most important person to me/myself? (Day 5of this Journal Challenge). Loving myselfmeans having to accept myself as I am and to come to terms with those aspects of myself that I cant change. Nah, I just dont love myself enough and this would be a 9.99 outof 10 response.Like: 0lotusbleu Says:


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November 13th, 2011 at 9:00 pmTechnically, if anyone loves him-/her-self enough, this would be a 10/10 outcome?Like: 0Janet Says:November 13th, 2011 at 9:05 pmI would like to say that I love myself somewhat, but the truth is that I reallydo not like myself at all. So I would probably have to say a 1 or 2.Like: 0mitch Says:November 13th, 2011 at 9:05 pmThis question is hitting below the belt. On a scale of 1-10 i suspect i am not even on the scale. not that i have any bad feelings towards myself it is just that i have always been encouraged (brain washed or whateverelse you want to call it) to put others first. I suspect this may have resulted inself esteem issues ihave not brought to the fore front and why i have made it a habit of settling inmy life. I have always found it intersting that the things i wil do for othersi am unwilling to do for myself and when i do anything for myself the guilt thataccompanies it makes it not even worth doing. i sometimes wonder whatit would be like to take care of me. I feel like i will burn in hell if i ever really diddo that but perhaps as i continue to work on my own personal develoment i can overcome these negative self images and be a lot higheron the scale.Mitchfrom my heart

Like: 0Jacquie Says:November 13th, 2011 at 9:35 pmBecause someone loves themselves above an 8' does NOT make them a liarthere is tobe no judgement of how others think or feel here.Loving oneself to a 10' also does notnext page 1

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