Comparison: The biggest lesson I learned.
Today I caught myself comparing. Comparing my skin, my smile, my body, my hair, my style.
I saw these beautiful young women who were featured in a new women’s clothing company ad on Instagram where I personally know one of the owners. I thought, why didn’t they ask me?Why wasn’t I featured? What made them different than me? Don’t I look like a California girl, woman?
As I was starting to feel all my insecurities arise, I wrote this reminder to myself.
No, I’am not them.
I’am me.
I accept myself as I’am.
I’am not for everybody and that’s ok.
Maybe that clothing company was looking for a specific look on their female ads and body shape. It is after all, a clothing company and they are not the only ones in the world. There’s thousands upon thousands of them, especially now in 2020. There is millions of women who don’t have the exact same body type either. Where am I going here? I think that’s the beauty of different clothing brands, they are not for everyone, just like us.
Comparison has taught me that it will only make me feel worse about myself. I’am not perfect. I still have my days when this nonsense creeps in but I now recognize it, learn to change my perpective and move my energy toward something positive.
I like to remind myself of the awesome simple quote by Dr. Seuss.
Here’s a similar one I wrote:
