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(I apologize in advance if I sound obnoxious and for the vanity in this blog. I’m just thinking out loud.)
As a girl I know how it is to be over critical about appearance. But lately I feel like this has been getting a little excessive. I see girls with great bodies, may it be long and slender, or full and curvy, going to the extremes to “fix” themselves when they had nothing to fix in the first place. Obviously everyone has their own perception of what’s beautiful. Sometimes my boyfriend and my family tell me I’m too thin and that I could afford to gain some weight and I agree. On the other hand, some of my girlfriends ooh and aah over how skinny I’ve gotten (not purposely) and I feel flattered. I’m torn over what I should look like. It would be great to have curves, but I know thin is in. Let’s face it… we’re not going to find a plus size model on the cover of Vogue despite how beautiful she is. At least not today or tomorrow.
My point is, we don’t appreciate what we have. Some of the cutest girls ruin themselves trying to achieve perfection. Reality check! There is no such thing. I hate it when girls get too thin and they don’t even look like the same person anymore. Their pretty faces become disproportionate and I no longer find then attractive. Or when girls wear so much makeup that it covers their face up. I thought makeup was used to enhance your face, not hide it. Or when girls get plastic surgery to augment their amazing bodies; bodies that I would aspire to have. There are so many celebrities that I could name and even girls I know personally that, in an effort to be better, have unintentionally made it worse.
There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Too much exercise, too much dieting, too much botox, too much surgery, too much makeup. I know, I know, it’s hard to be satisfied with what we have. I struggle with it too. I wish I had a smaller nose and a bigger butt. But most of all I wish that I can learn how to appreciate my big nose and small butt. It all boils down to our self-perception, our mentality and being insecure about ourselves. Afraid of what people will think. I think we could all go for a mini-mental-makeover because insecurity is not a good look on anyone.
These are the days. They always were. -K
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