having low self esteem is that we tend to put off things that we can do and that make us happy just because we have not achieved previous goals or things that we would want to achieve. at a point in my life i set a goal to become a better athlete so that i could be accepted by my peers who were better off than me. this never came to be until i took the decision to accept myself as i am first. it is always good to set goals in our lives but not to a point of putting our lives on hold. we should try and accept 