Image Source: Pixabay CC0 License
If you are eager to get yourself out of a self-confidence sapping rut, you need to consider the following strategies. Being anxious at a time of a global pandemic and finding yourself at home more can lead to over-eating, inactivity, and isolation. All of these can make you feel low and depressed. This can have a massive impact on your mental well being. To combat this, you need some practical confidence boosters to help you feel more positive and happy once again. Read on to find out what they are.
Appearance
While you shouldn’t get too hung up about emulating those unrealistic and heavily filtered influencers on Instagram, you might be keen to take a little more pride in your appearance. Consider the parts of your body that you aren’t happy with and get to work. Self improvement will result in your self confidence being boosted. If you don’t like your stomach, get an exercise plan to work on your abs. If you have been self-conscious about the thickening hair on your arms for the past few months, look into laser hair removal treatments. And if you are sick of your dry skin, investigate the thicker emollients that will help. By implementing key tactics to combat these confidence sapping facets of your appearance, you can feel brighter and more content.
Social Media
At the moment, we are having to stay in our homes a lot more. We can’t socialize with friends, we can’t see family as much, we can’t wait out and we can’t catch a movie at the cinema. This can make us feel depressed. To combat this, you may head online to scroll through Facebook and Instagram for hours on end. This can make you feel even lower as you feel envious of those users who have seemingly perfect and happy lives. Step away from the social media feeds for a bit and go cold turkey. This may be difficult, but if you swap your social media usage with an alternative and more tangible pastime, you can begin to feel more confident once again.
If you are keen to learn a new language, enroll on an online course. If you are eager to bake more, dust off those old recipe books. And if you are wanting to enhance your guitar playing skills, find a one to one video lesson with a tutor.
Stay Social
While you have to be physically distant, you don’t have to be socially distant. Just because your social butterfly status has taken a hit, doesn’t mean that you can’t venture online and enjoy the newfound highs of Zoom quizzes with pals and Teams meet-ups with family. Think about setting aside some time every week to look forward to. You can enjoy relaxing with pals over a virtual cook-off, have a date with your partner online, or simply have a few drinks with your best friend while you both watch a TV show together in your different homes. If you have a support network, lean on them as they will lean on you.
The world is a very different place at the moment so feeling low and less confident is not unusual. Follow this guide and you can boost your confidence with ease.
