Body Image, and my closet.

Hola, again. :)

If you are reading this with me... thanks for following along.

So. I threw away a pair of jeans this week. OK, I added them to the donation pile. But I threw them away because every time that I looked at myself in the mirror that day, I was critical of my hips. My beautiful, curvy, hips. The freaking POCKETS made me feel bad about myself and I wasn't going to deal with that again. I am sure that we all have them: the shirt that hugs in all the wrong places, the jeans that cut your hits weird, or the jacket that feels uber frumpy...

But again... we all have these: Shirts that we LOVE! that make you confident because it shows off your badass back muscles, and jeans that make us smile when we look in the mirror.

The irony is that I have a shirt that I really like, navy, great stripes, but it was the shirts I was wearing in Italy that made me doubt myself and put me in a body image bummer. And I hated that. See the thing is, I have a good closet, more clothes than less make me feel great about myself.

So here is what I say to that....

See, more stripes... i love stripes. 

So, there are two things I am going to do about this:

1: I am going to Marie Kondo the shit out of my closet and dresser. I am going to take it to the donation center instead of having it sit in the corner of my room. I need to get rid of the bad vibe clothes.

2. I am going to remind myself how beautiful I am. (TBH, I backspaced "beautiful" 2 times before leaving it there) I am going to say it more often, I am going to think it more often and I am going to love myself where I am now. Versus where I might be however many pounds from now.

I also found this:

I hope that it resonates with you, like it did with me. I am trying to be happy with myself where I am now, versus where I might be in the future (like a wedding dress, buy it where you are!).

Wish me luck as I start with Marie tomorrow, and I wish you luck if you are joining me with this. :)

XO, MC