The Difference Between Self-Love and Self-Indulgence
Self-LoveApril 25, 20265 min read

The Difference Between Self-Love and Self-Indulgence

Eva Wambui

Eva Wambui

Co-Creator & Author

Self-love is not about bubble baths and shopping sprees. Real self-love is much quieter, much harder, and much more transformative than the social media version.

Self-love is setting a boundary with someone you care about. It''s choosing therapy over another night of numbing out. It''s forgiving yourself for a mistake instead of beating yourself up for three days.

Self-indulgence says "I deserve this because life is hard." Self-love says "I deserve better, so I''m going to do the hard thing that actually helps."

In our Self-Love section of Just Write, we don''t ask you to list things you like about yourself. We ask harder, more honest questions: Where are you abandoning yourself? What are you tolerating that you shouldn''t be? What does choosing yourself actually look like in practice?

Those are the questions that change things.

#self-love#boundaries#personal growth#authenticity
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