Earlier this year I read Mark Manson's book the Subtle Art of Not Giving A ##.
Great book by the way.
One of the key points he made in his book that really stood out for me was the illustration he gave about an initial member of The Beatles(a popular band that sold millions of records of their songs back then, still regarded as legends in their genre of music).
Now this Guy got kicked out of the band just as they were entering into fame, and he was sooooo upset and he promised himself that he would create a new band, put together his own group and the ultimate goal was to outshine and outperform The Beatles.
This guy became a massive success, his records also sold in millions but was in no way close to the incredible success of his former team. The Beatles.
In an exclusive interview with him, he emotionally recounted the incident of being kicked out of his group and betrayed by his friends and even with all the money he had amassed and his massive success he still regarded himself as a failure because of his metric for success.
His metric for success was beating his former band and no matter how well he did, he never saw himself as a success.
Sad right?
So explain to me why you have tied your mind around a particular trend or body type as your metric for beauty.
You do not consider yourself beautiful until you have satisfied the requirements of a particular trend.
If you haven't cinched your waist to minimum capacity and reduced your ability to inhale and exhale freely by 20% ,you really believe that you aren't looking your best.
This is not to say I have anything corset, it's beautiful in its forms but it's not a standard for Beauty.
It's not a requirement for a beautiful attire
Change your Metric.
Know what works for you and Shine .
Written With love