Happy Monday everyone! I’m starting off the week with a new post about my before and after. I came across a picture of myself in 2009. At first, I looked at how my body was back then and laughed. I was super underweight, had a funky hair cut, and I’m doing a weird pose in the photo. I Instantly compared that picture to a current photo of myself doing a similar pose (in a more tasteful manner). My body has obviously come a long way since 2009. I look healthier, I feel healthier, and I’ve put on some good muscle.
Looking at the photo from 2009 I reflected on the day that photo was taken and thinking of the person I was back then. I was 18, I was unhealthy and I wasn’t confident. Don’t get me wrong, I was still super cute, somewhat funny, and tried being a good person. But I remember not being happy with myself. I remember spending hours that morning to get ready. I remember how nervous I used to get to talk to new people (I would literally stutter and start making things awkward lol). I remember always trying to change something about myself, whether it was my hair, my skin, my makeup, or something! Maybe it was a coming of age thing and I needed to grow up, or maybe I wasn’t surrounded by the right people. Whatever it was, it was certainly not healthy. I laugh now because I could never imagine putting that much effort into getting ready like I used to (I now sometimes have to talk myself into washing my face at night, TMI?).
Did it take getting into shape to make me feel better about myself? It definitely helped. I changed the physical things I was able to do naturally (growing my butt, getting braces, and growing my long hair even longer than it already is) and accepted the things that I couldn’t change (like my big nose that actually really suits my small face lol).
The point of this post is about change. In my case, it was both physical and emotional. I am more proud of my emotional change than I am my physical. I’m proud to be a confident human being that has accepted all the things about me. Whether that be my big nose, uneven jaw or my immature sense of humour. I’m not perfect (actually, far from perfect) but I wouldn’t change anything about myself.
So the next time you look at an old photo of yourself just think of how far you’ve come since that picture was taken. I know I’ve come a long way since 2009!
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Breshna
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BreshnaHi Breshna!
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