If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?

Some of us would say nothing, others would probably say everything. I asked people of different ages, genders, religions and cultures this very simple but yet interesting following question; If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be? Here are their answers:

"Probably stop overthinking everything." -D, 19 years old

"My nose." -EK, 17 years old

"If I could change one thing about myself it would probably be saying "no" more frequently. I would love to think about myself first and then about the others. I would also like to workout daily but I don't really see that happening any time soon. " -E, 31 years old

"If I could change one thing about myself, it would be to be more confident in myself." -M, 22 years old

"This is a tricky question, because you are who you are for a reason, and the way you are is unique and special. But if I were to choose, it will be the way I act around others. I feel if I'd let myself be who I really am, I'd like to be more like the person I am when I'm with my friends, with other people (such as my coworkers and classmates) too. That would make my life so much easier and fun. Also more opportunities would have been open for my future. As for physical appearance, I'd LOVE to have green eyes." -E, 19 years old

"I'd love to be a bit more productive." -A, 20 years old

"I don't think that I would change anything about myself now. It wasn't easy to reach that point though. I think that every teenager wants to change something about themselves. Either because we don't like something or because we think that other people don't like us. This could be something on our physical appearance or even personality wise. The truth is that when I was younger I wanted to change a lot of things about myself because I thought that I wasn't "good enough" to be accepted by others. When you grow up your whole mindset changes because you realize what's truly important in life and which people deserve to be around you. Under all this pressure of wanted to change myself I understood that the most important thing in someone's life is their health. So I learned to love myself for what it is and that's enough for me." - EV, 17 years old

"My anxiety! I'd love to stop worrying about everything". -D, 17 years old

"Well to be honest, I want to accept myself for both the positive and the negative traits that I have. Yes, I’m always trying to be better than the person I was yesterday, but I‘m also someone who can’t change easily. No one is perfect. Everyone has flaws and something they wish they could change about themselves, but sometimes the things we think as flaws are actually the things that build up our character and help us develop to the best version of ourselves. But of course there are a lot of things I want to change about myself… For example, I am a bit lazy (lol) and impatient. I really hope I can turn my flaws into merits one day." -M, 20 years old

"I would like to be a bit tougher with other people." -S, 59 years old

"If I could change one thing about myself it would be the way I act around others. I would like to not be so tolerant with some people." -M, 49 years old

As for myself; If I could change anything about myself it would be my perspective, the way I see things. I somewhere read that a positive attitude changes everything. This is something that I'm currently working on and I've realized that even the slightest change towards positivity can have a huge impact in your life. There a lot of things that we don't like about ourselves based on a stupid ideal body or even a life image that the media have successfully created. There's no such a thing as beauty or life standards. Just like everyone's different so is their body, mind and attitude. Instead of looking at the things you hate about yourself as your flaws and picturing something negative about them, learn to embrace and love them because they're the things that diverse you from the others and make you unique, different and beautiful in your own way.

That was it for today's post, but before I go I wanted to say a huge thank you to all These Kind people that answered my question, I really appreciated. What about you? If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?

Don't forget to smile,
xoxo MacQueen98.