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all, it’s the only one you have — but
try to do away with the guilt. Savor every bite of that gnocchi with
gorgonzola or that Mint Chocolate
Chip ice cream or those fresh cherry tomatoes. Food should not come
with regrets. As Nora Ephron wrote,
“I have made a lot of mistakes falling in love, and regretted most of
them, but never the potatoes that
went with them.”
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Body-snarking — out loud or in your
own head. Stop putting your
looks down, period. Nothing good
will ever come of it, unless you’re
working through body issues with
your therapist.
Feeling like an impostor when you accomplish something professionally.
Women are more likely than men to
feel like “impostors” at work, often
doubting whether we deserve the
successes we achieve. Start taking
your accomplishments at face value. You got that new job or promotion or grade or public recognition
because you were worthy of it.
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Obsessively untagging every “unflattering” photo of you that ever existed online. While it makes sense that
you don’t want that photo of you
blinking showing up all over your
Facebook profile, we probably cause
ourselves more anxiety than necessary making sure every image that
doesn’t show us in perfect lighting doing something totally amazing goes away. It’s not only just one
more way for us to obsess about our
looks — after all, people will post
what they’ll post and we have little
control — but online photo albums
have largely replaced physical ones.
You may not want to remember the
unflattering face you made at your
brother’s graduation party now, but
down the line you might want to
conjure the moment.
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Comparing your real life to someone
else’s virtual one. Spending a ton
of time obsessing over your own
online life can be anxiety-provoking — but so can obsessing over
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