Self centered and self loving.

Daily writing prompt

What quality do you value most in a friend?

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The quality that I value most in a friend is that they prioritize themselves and take care of themselves first and foremost.

I think that people who are deeply invested and interested in themselves make really good friends because they know themselves well enough to be able to communicate their needs well. They give only as much as they are able and don’t expect more than that from anyone else. A relationship not a guessing game with this type of person. The reason why I understand this is because I used to be the kind of person who overextended herself due to a lack of self awareness. I thought that I had to always say “yes” to everything and everyone in order to be a “good friend”.

I’ve learned, however, to start to look for and qualities that I’d like to see in other people in myself. In other words, I have to be my own friend first before I can rely on other people. If I’m not curious about and interested in myself first, how can I expect anyone else to be? If I don’t care enough about myself to understand my own needs and then figure out how to meet those needs myself, then no one else can.

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