The Traveling Introvert

Balancing self-esteem  Having healthy and balanced self-esteem is key to a happy and healthy life.    Sometimes people assume that introverts don’t have high self-esteem or even that they have low self-esteem. And then, there are times when self-esteem morphs into ego or overconfidence.    There is healthy self-esteem. Here you have the confidence to be honest with yourself. You know your strengths and weaknesses, and you love yourself. Healthy self-esteem encourages you to live your life to the fullest, make good measured choices, and keep going even when mistakes happen with a lesson learned.    Then there is low self-esteem. Unhealth low self-esteem leaves you with no confidence and a fear of making mistakes. Often this leads to a poor quality of life where you feel scared and trapped. Here you take in a lot of what people say about you, especially if it is negative.     Then there is the overinflated self-esteem. This is also unhealthy. Overinflated self-esteem can trick you into thinking tha