Some things may be equally essential but nothing is more important than a healthy sense of self-esteem, or self-worth, and loving yourself. Why? 1. Life becomes simpler and lighter. When you love yourself more then things simply become lighter and easier. You won’t make as many mountains out of molehills (or out of plain air) as you used to or beat yourself up or drag yourself down over mistakes or temporary setbacks. 2. You’ll have more inner stability and self-sabotage less. When your opinion of yourself goes up then you’ll stop trying to get so much validation and attention from other people. You will set healthy boundaries. You become less anxious and find an inner stability even when your world might be negative or uncertain at times. The increasing self-esteem and self-love also makes you feel more deserving of good things in life and so you’ll self-sabotage less and go after what you deep down want with more motivation and focus than ever before. 3. You might just be happier.