Beauty Standards, Go Away
In the world we live in today, with every magazine, social media sites and even blogs, we are often overcome by this picture perfect scenario. You open a magazine and you see this perfect woman looking you right in the eyes, and you just stop to wonder why isn't that you. In the world of fashion shows and picture perfect models, we often strive for that beauty standard that is shoved right into our faces in every turn that we make. But why do we let these people force feed us these standards that most of us will never be able to achieve? Why do we believe that all these models are actually that confident, that problem free and have this perfect magazine cover life. We just seem to forget that at the end of the day, they're nothing more but people like you and like me, except they have to look perfect on that photo shoot. Personally, I believe that they have so much more pressure to fit into these beauty standards than we do.
Are their lives better than ours? Or is it maybe worse because they have to be picture perfect at every turn that they make. No one will care if I walk to take the trash out in my sweatpants, or if my hair was messy, but people will criticise these models if they don't always look absolutely perfect. It makes me stop and think that perhaps they have it way worse than we do, and that even though we sometimes aspire to that standard of perfection, we are not forced to fit into it.
People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and while I do completely agree with that saying, I also think we sometimes fail to see ourselves as beautiful. You can have 10 people say just how pretty you are, but when just one person says you're not, your confidence usually goes down the drain. At the end of the day it should never matter what they say, what should count is what you say about yourself. I think that once we stop forcing ourselves to fit into the typical beauty standards and start discovering the beauty in ourselves, that's when you can become confident and happy in your own skin. I happen to like the way I look most of the time, and yet sometimes I hate it when I put on just the tiniest bit of weight. Sometimes it takes the lightest of winds to break us down, but it takes an entire construction site to build ourselves up again.
We have to stop letting other people decide how we see ourselves, and instead we should focus on noticing our own beauty. Stand in front of a mirror, and find at least 5 things that you like about your appearance. I can tell you mine: I like my eyes, my smile, I like the shape of my face, my (too) skinny legs, and I like my tattoos. It's a lot easier than it sounds if you look at yourself long enough. Just because we are forced to see those picture perfect models, it doesn't mean that anything different than them isn't beautiful.
What are the 5 things you like about yourself?
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