The best way to have chronically low self-esteem is to tie your worth to external things - how you look, how much money you make, how many likes or followers you get on social media, or what others think of you. These are all unstable, ever-changing, and fragile anchors to place your self-worth upon. It makes your self-worth dependent on things outside of you, which is not where true self-worth comes from.

Your true worth is intrinsic. It’s the essence of who you are when you’re connected to your authentic self. It doesn’t need validation from the outside world to prove itself. It simply is. When you realize that, your self worth becomes stable. Decouple your self worth from external things and you will realize how precious you really are.