I've been trying to think of a way to segue into this post, but I'm not feeling that creative today. I'm just doing to say it... Being a girl is hard! If you have been a girl for longer than two seconds, you know that this is true. We are expected be nice, graceful, thin, keep a clean house, cook healthy meals every night, not let our hormones effect us, and have perfect hair on top of all that. And you know what? It is exhausting, not to mention unrealistic. And we all know how SUPER helpful society is (sarcasm) when it comes to our self esteem. I can't even go to the grocery store without seeing magazines with beautiful women plastered on the cover and thinking, "Am I supposed to look like that? Because if I am, I ain't even close." I judge myself against airbrushed versions of people who already work out four times a week and can afford to eat all organic, and yet I am surprised when I don't measure up! What kind of crap sense does that make?
As bad as comparing ourselves to celebrities can make us feel, I almost feel like this false reality we've created known as "Facebook" is almost worse. Think about it, 99% of pictures that people post of themselves are flattering pictures. I don't know about you, but if I'm going to post a picture of a new hair color or something I probably take 15+ pictures before I decide that one is good enough to post on the internet. Do we post pictures of ourselves on a bad hair day? Heck no! Do we put up pictures of ourselves up with no makeup when our skin breaks out? Huh uh. Facebook allows us to only show what we want other people to see. Of course that girl whose page your stalking (don't lie, I know you do it too) looks gorgeous in every picture, she's not going to put up a cruddy one. And if someone else puts up a cruddy one of her, she's just going to untag herself anyway. Do not believe the Facebook Facade where everyone's life looks so much more perfect than yours, because they were probably just looking at your pictures and wishing they could look like you.
Listen honey: We are not Barbie dolls! We do not have to be pleasing to the eye every second of every day. I am not saying that you should look like a slob and stop bathing, I'm just saying that you need to cut yourself some slack. Going to the grocery store without eyeliner will not kill you, trust me. I am living proof :)
Remember, you are a masterpiece!
-Tara
(P.S. Thought you girls might enjoy this!)
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