Assessing Your Worth: Strategies for Self-Reflection

Determining your worth

We all find ourselves questioning how far we can go and estimate our value, what we bring to the table, and how much we can foster evidence that we are worth it and that our presence is meaningful in the room we muster up our courage to be in. Ever find yourself in that mindset of having to earn the right to be in every room and beholding your self-worth at the mercy of others? It is exhausting to think that you need to prove yourself constantly. We live in a world where it is easier for people to deprecate and devalue others, trying their best to burden their insecurities on them and make themselves feel superior, rather than honoring genuine human connection and making the person feel heard and seen. While it is easier to forge superiority over connection, empathy and genuine openness to one another are what we need as a community to foster our social well-being.

If you ever find yourself questioning your self-worth based on other people’s poor behavior, know that you have the power to hold yourself higher in your priorities than the dime of the irrational opinions of others. You do not need to prove yourself to anyone; your life is not a display of the most well-rounded accomplishments for the applause of others; rather, it is a journey to honor your deepest desires, to know every depth of your core, to build and foster meaningful relationships with the ones you love, and to live your life for yourself. You do not need to earn the right or the worth to be in any room; you are worth it and will always be worth it. Know that you have a right to be at any table you want, and if you are not valued, learn to walk away.

To be the best you have ever been,

Learn to believe in the power of your being that dives beyond the unseen world.

_Hridya Sharma