Do You Like You?

I absolutely loved THIS VIDEO by Colbie Caillat and the message that it sends. I'm sure you guys have seen it floating around on Facebook and Google+ and various groups that you are part of, but it really does deserve some recognition!

Not wearing makeup or worrying too much about my hair is a decision I personally have made because I feel like it almost makes my body image worse. I know that sounds really counter intuitive, because you should feel better and more confident when you feel like you look better, right? That's at least what I thought. However, I have always dreaded doing things like dressing up and wearing makeup or trying to do something fancy with my hair.

I feel like part of it is that when I try to look nice or pretty or whatever and I feel like I'm failing, its a lot harder to swallow than just not trying at all. However, more recently, I think it's been more about just accepting me for me. I like my freckles and my bumps and quirks and I wear my hair in this odd sort of looped bun all the time that I don't think I've seen anyone else wear, but you know that's ok because that's how I do it. I wear bright contrasting shorts and tshirts like orange and purple with long knee high mismatched polka dotted and striped socks because you know what, that's how I roll.

It's about learning to like me.

And you know what, just being me takes so little stress or effort. When I'm out at the mall with my bun and green shorts and yellow tshirt, I am often not even really thinking about whether or not I look pretty. I'm just enjoying the time with whoever I'm with and having fun.

Like Colbie Caillat says in the song, "you don't have to try so hard."

I know I've mentioned before about the time I realized truly that any Average Jane can get on the computer, photoshop her own pictures, and put them on Facebook. Since that moment, I was so blatantly against photoshop and any kind of editing that hides a lie in the picture and tries to pass it off as real life. I mean, we all know when a photo has been filtered or words have been added or whatever, but it just bugs me that pictures I may be looking at as thinspo of someone I think is real life may have had acne removed, face thinned, body slimmed, hair thickened, or anything else.

Anyway, I don't know what I'm trying to say. Just that I absolutely love this song and video and the message it sends.