As women, we are taught from a young age that we need to change ourselves to meet what our culture deems as beautiful. Whether it is having a thinner waist, clearer skin, or bigger boobs, we spend so much time (and money) altering ourselves.
I am still working on accepting myself for who I am and loving the body that I was given. Sometimes it is difficult when everything around you wants you to feel differently.
- My body is the only one I will ever have. My options are to love it or hate it, either way, it is still mine.
- I constantly remind myself of one very important fact; there are BILLIONS of dollars in industries that want you to dislike the way you look. If women were confident in the way they looked, the $532 billion makeup industry would collapse.$16 billion was spent on cosmetic surgery procedures last year alone.
Please just remember that these businesses want you to desire to change. YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO THAT.
- Another thing I constantly remind myself; what we see online is NOT REAL. I know that everyone is aware of that but sometimes it is hard to remember.
I find myself scrolling through instagram comparing myself to the people I follow. But you know what? I will never look like Hailey Baldwin. I will also never look like any model in any magazine. That is absolutely okay. When I look at myself in the mirror, I do not get to see myself in perfect studio lighting or with professional photographers catching my best angle. And my body in the mirror is not edited in photoshop by professionals who are paid top dollar to make those models glow and have zero lumps. Those models don’t even look like that in real life. - Treat your body the way you would want someone else to. Imagine if a friend talked about your body the way that you talk to yourself about it. That would be devastating. Try really hard to look at yourself with love and compassion. You deserve it and every part of you is incredible and keeps you alive and moving. With that being said,
- My body is the only one I will ever have. My options are to love it or hate it, either way, it is still mine.
