I Tried Living Like This for a Day...
- Feb 18, 2018
- 3 min read
...annnnndddd it was awesome.
But lets back up and I'll explain what I mean. FIRST, watch this:
So now you're caught up. Schumer's new movie trailer spoke to me in a lot of ways. I have definitely found myself waiting at a bar for over 10 minutes trying to buy a drink OR wishing I looked like Gigi Hadid (different model same idea) when I felt like my love life wasn't going so hot. BUT this trailer reminded me that it's ridiculous that I do this because beauty is relative. Cue the cliche quote, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." As cliche as it is, it also has some truth!
And cue my next cliche quote, "Confidence is key." ALSO true. I am always in awe by the girl or boy that walks in the room looking like they own the place (in a good way). The demeanor of someone with confidence, is what I am always admirable of because it is something that I am not that great at. It is also a learned skill - you don't have to be Gigi Hadid to be confident.
No, I didn't hit my head at a spin class to decide I want to attempt to 'walk the walk' - this trailer did it for me. Yesterday, I decided to do my best to go through the day with this Schumer like mentality. AKA, I tried this:
(Yes, I started the day by looking at myself in the mirror and saying I was beautiful AND I'm not even sorry about it.)
And, I was reminded that confidence truly is key. Not only did I feel like some of the old complaints, like say waiting for a drink at the bar, were silly all along but I just felt BETTER. I wore the first outfit I tried on (because lets be honest half the time I try on 5 options to end up back at my first one) and walked out the door like a whole new woman. I didn't waste time worrying about my appearance or if the girl over there looked better than I did. I just lived my damn life enjoying every minute.
Now, at this point you probably want to punch me in the face because it's true that its just not that easy all the time. You're right, it is not. I struggle with confidence and self love every day and it is something that I will still struggle with days from now even when I tell myself I shouldn't. BUT, I decided that I will promise myself to *TRY* harder not to. I will focus on walking into a room every day with an air of confidence and dare I say ~style~
It won't happen every day and that's okay but now I think that it will happen more often than it has before. I want to live every day trying to be the best person I can be and to live out my truth and furthermore to be content with that. I'm not saying we should stop trying to better ourselves but we should try to better ourselves for the right reasons. I'm speaking in big cliches and sayings and I know that but I hope that one person reading this decides to go out and try a day like this and see how it turns out. I can tell you one thing, I think I'll enjoy spring break a lot more this year now that I am going to *try* (keyword try) to stop obsessing over how I look in a bathing suit (when honestly everyone is too obsessed with how they look that no one even notices) and just have FUN. You don't really need to hit your head to try this one out - I promise.
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