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As I am getting more comfortable in my sobriety and new ways of life. I have been able to get a better understanding as to what things can increase my self confidence and general well-being. My self confidence for the most part was shit when I was drinking heavily and in a depressive state. That is just one of the many factors that led me to drink to the extent I did.

I have had to work to gain confidence and self-respect back. I am still working on this and probably always will as it is something I will always want to improve. I still have plenty of days where I don’t feel my best, but they have been less frequent lately. Obviously, I made the decision to remove alcohol from my life but that one thing has not gradually improved my life it has just opened more doors to find ways to improve. It has allowed me to live in an uncomfortable unknown state of being for a while and I had no choice but to embrace it. So yeah, the common trend here is embracing change and doing uncomfortable things leads to self confidence. But, what are some things that I have noticed make me feel better about myself? Some things that I can do on a day to day basis and some things that you could implement into your life.

• Getting out of the apartment once a day
  • Seems simple but with remote work you may have noticed the day seems to fly by and you may have not stepped outside once.
  • Preferably leave the apartment within the first hour of waking up. (I can almost guarantee you will be more productive throughout the day in doing this)
  • I am no doctor but I do know that getting sunlight increases dopamine and will make you feel better about yourself.
  • I have listened to Huberman Lab Podcast and he speaks about the importance of viewing sunlight
  • Force yourself to get outside and feel like a functioning member of society even on the days you want to work from your bed
• Exercise and I don’t just mean hitting arms
  • I enjoy hitting the gym to try and look big as much as the next guy but you should really try and exercise with the intent of increasing your heart rate and breaking a sweat.
  • Again, not a doctor but as someone who deals with anxiety I am aware of the importance of naturally increasing your heart rate through exercise.
  • Worry more about how exercising makes you feel and less about how it makes you look.
  • I wasn’t really weighing myself recently because I didn’t want the number on the scale to reflect how I felt about the work I was putting in to get better physically.
• Wear shit that makes you feel good
  • I am definitely not one to care too much about fashion, drip, material things etc. but “look good play good feel good” – Deion Sanders
  • I personally just have a couple articles of clothing that I like to wear and feel as if they fit me well.
  • I make sure I feel comfortable in what I am wearing before I leave the apartment and after that I don’t really tend to think about what I have on
  • Self-confidence is the real “drip” and if adding “drip” boosts your self confidence more power to you.
• Hygiene
  • Just take a shower, brush your teeth, shave, put on deodorant etc.
  • Pretty self explanatory. If this aspect of your life starts falling off, be cautious of how you are feeling.
• Try new shit
  • This one is pretty receptive across all self-improvement content so I will list some examples
  • Go to a new coffee shop
  • See a movie by yourself
  • Try making a new dinner for yourself
  • Wake up crazy early one morning to catch the sunrise
  • Take a new fitness class or implement a new workout routine
  • Listen to a different podcast, read a new book, watch a documentary you wouldn’t normally watch
  • Approach new people, introduce yourself, realize how normal it is to do the things you were once nervous to do
• Be cautious of the content you consume
  • This one isn’t easy in todays day with insta, tiktok, snapchat, youtube, twitter all in our hands but just try and be more aware of what you are actually doing
  • I am by no means perfect with this shit and hope to improve on this
  • Just don’t get too caught up in a twitter thread, an instagram post, a video/tiktok… because at the end of the day that is not real life and it is something you should remind yourself of
  • That guy/girl likely doesn’t look exactly like their instagram post 24/7… that trip that so and so took may have actually been a disaster…
  • I will use myself as an example… although I didn’t really post much… on my cross country road trip a few months back I was very unhealthy both physically and mentally but from the outside looking in (through a phone screen) no one would have thought about that…. it’s not all a perfect world out there and you shouldn’t consume content that makes you feel like you a lesser person than someone else

I am sure I could keep the list rolling but at the end of the day the common trend is keeping yourself busy doing things that make you feel good. Feeling accomplished, setting minor goals and achieving them, reminding yourself you are capable of taking action, reminding yourself you are an individual and don’t always do what the rest of the crowd is doing. Be confident in who you are and watch things unfold for you. Just work to be more aware of how you generally feel and understand there are always things you can do for yourself to improve on these feelings. It is ok to feel like shit but it is not ok to feel like shit for too long without doing anything about it. As always, if things seem unmanageable in your life reach out to others and tell them… talking about it is the most productive thing you can do for yourself. Drop me an email if you want to talk as well lastdropblog@gmail.com