#selfesteembox

[ninjamazon]

HEY, IT’S BEEN FOR NEVER SINCE I’VE SEEN YOU... ▪️Sometimes I’m asked about how I build self-confidence...How I continually manage to accept myself however I am, including the itchy and gross parts. ▪️Nowadays I have a few ways, one of the most important being my “Self Esteem Box” which is really a mostly-digital space I collect messages I clip to keep—kind and wonderful praises for my actions, videos, photos, and words. Positive reviews, encouraging statements, and otherwise loving and heartening messages from my friends and acquaintances over the years... ▪️All gifts generously given. ▪️ But at some point before I started that practice (late in my tumultuous teens) I developed a self-portrait practice. At first it was about confirming my self-image, but soon became a game to see how I could look, what others might possibly see... ▪️Since then it’s become as much a pastime as all that literal and metaphorical self-reflection—I even have a clandestine Insta for some of them, including a series fondly titled “Other People’s Bathrooms” ▪️So, there’s that. ▪️And here’s this. ▪️ ▪️ ▪️ #🐒 ▪️ ▪️ ▪️ #Practice + #Persistence = #Proficiency .............…….............................................. | #prepareyourself | #everydaykata | #tacticalpunk | #monkeemethod | #aperturemedicine | #selfportrait | #selfreflection | #selfesteembox | https://www.instagram.com/p/CD2qHMEnWC2/?igshid=buzbqtkl7e1k

[drawchange]

We made wish boxes yesterday! Inside we filled them with all the things that make us happy and on the outside we decorated them with things that represent us. Whenever we're feeling down, we can reach into the box to be reminded of our our awesomeness! #arttherapy #endhomelessness #wishbox #selfesteembox #childrenneedart #kidsart #empowerment #selfesteem #smile via Instagram http://ift.tt/2kqAx1i