• Inspired by Venus' list

☼ — Let's quit being so negative. I want to stop focusing on my flaws, stop the self-loathing, I want to try to be more self-confident. This list is my first step towards it. It's about time for me to learn to love myself.

• My sense of humour. No, I don't know many jokes, but I usually can make people laugh, and I love doing it. I know how to make amusing remarks, sometimes even with a deadpan face. I can see humour in a lot of things, I laugh at stupid jokes, including dad ones, and I think that's nice. I love memes. I'm a playful, good-humored person. And I don't need - nor I want to - to make offensive jokes to be funny.
• I'm a dorky person, in a adorable, cute way. The type of dorkiness that makes you want to squeesh my cheeks (but please don't). Specially when you add it to my akwardness.
• My smile. Except for the days I'm down, I'm usually a cheerful person. People say my smile is contagious. I like it, too.
• My randomness. This can be a weird trait sometimes, but I like it about myself. If I'm comfortable enough with you, I'm the type of person that will think of any subject to keep the conversation going - whether this means talking about your favorite type of cheese or about the deepest secrets of the universe.
• I'm interesting. As I said above, I think it's nice to chat with me, and I'm always open to new conversations. I have a lot of interests I can share with you, and I'm really passionate about most of them.
• I'm friendly. Ok, I know I'm pretty shy, and sometimes I can't help but being a bit inwardly judgemental, but I'm easy to deal and chat with (unless I really dislike you, which is rare.) Just don't be an asshole, and I'll probably like you. And I really want to know more people and make more friends, I just need to overcome some difficulties first.
• I'm forgivable. It can be hard sometimes, but I won't nurture a grudge forever. I give second chances, I believe in the best of people and that everyone can change.
• My talent, specially with words and drawings, and my passion towards it. My anxiety will often deceive me and say I'm not good enough in what I do, but you know what?, screw it. My improvement process is continuous, and I'm pretty young - if I keep going, I'll be a lot better. I already made a lot of progress this year, and this shall go on.
• My creativity. Complementing to the item above, my anxiety also likes to tell me my ideas and artworks suck, and I'm really insecure about it in general. Yet, sometimes I'm still able to recognize that yes, I'm a creative person, and yes, what I create is amazing. My histories, my characters, my drawings, my poetry. I'm far from perfect, but that doesn't stop me.
• I'm hard-working/dedicated. Despite often thinking about giving up, I don't. I try my best as much as possible. I can be lazy, true. However, when I make my mind about doing something, and when I'm serious about it, there's no taking it easy.
• My perfectionism. This can be a really painful flaw too, but I love it when my results go as well as I want them to, and I put my effort into it.
• My maturity. I can act childishly and be a kid at heart when it comes to amusement, but I know when to stop and when to take things seriously. I understand difficult subjects and I am respectful when I need to be.
• My musical taste. I have so many musics to recommend people and I'm really proud of it. My taste in music embraces a really large range, and I'm able to like most of things I listen to, after hearing it more than once. There are so many artists I admire. I don't like to distinguish musical genres because I only dislike few of them, and it doesn't make much difference for me. Music is good apart from it, and its rythm, melody and lyrics always are able to inspire me.
• I'm open-minded. I don't think I have prejudiced thoughts, but if I do, I'm more than willing to break them down. The least thing I want is to reproduce any kind of dicriminatory ignorance, bigotry or disrespect towards any person or group of people, ever.
• My intelligence and intelect. Even if I'm not keen of school or of the educational system, I love learning new things and studying. I love having knowledge. I'm always reading something, even if sometimes I'm slow at it. I don't want to brag, but I'm pretty good at writing and at linguistics in general, and my vocabulary is plenty rich, specially in portuguese. I'm almost achieving my goal of becoming a polyglot. I'm proud of my grades and of my nerdy trait.
• I'm a good listener. Seriously, you want to unbottle all the problems you have been putting up with recently? Feel free to chat with me. Let's have a minor and free therapy session. I don't know if I'm this good at comforting people, but I can hear you all you want. It's super ok to cry on my shoulder, too.
• I'm reliable, and I won't ever back-stab you.
• I'm loving and caring. If I love you, I'll show it wholeheartedly to you as much as I can. I couldn't care more about my friends, and I'm always here for them. I worry with people that aren't even close to me - like, is that person ok, do they want to chat? Besides, I'm supportive of others and my motivational speeches, according to my girlfriend, are pretty helpful.
• I'm empathetic and understanding. Most of the time, I can't hurt people's feelings intentionally. I can feel in pain for something that has happened to someone else, mainly if I'm deeply connected with that person. I always try to see the other side of the coin, too, and to understand what someone has been through.
• I try to be a better person. I'm really sorry for my imperfections, I'm sorry if I ever hurt you or let you down, I recognize my mistakes and I'm willing to try again and fix them.