Perfection Has No Place

If you're going to over analyze anything in life I hope it's your decisions about what you want to do after graduation, where you want to vacation this summer, how you plan to make more money than last year, or maybe even your 10 page essay you've been working on for weeks, but promise me one thing . . . you will not EVER over analyze who you are as a person. I am not going to write this brief blog post saying I have always loved how I look and I am this flawless human 100 percent of the time who loves wearing makeup, because 1) I hate taking the time to put on makeup when it is not necessary and 2) it would be hard to come up with a reality that is so far from the one I am in. So here is the real truth about perfect, it doesn't even have any place for existence in our vocabulary. Everything I have ever learned about moving forward in life stems from the whole idea that we must continuously grow and change as people. So why on earth do we even try to amount to "perfect" if then all it means is that we don't have to work any harder to be a better version of ourselves ? I don't know about all of you, but I am always about self improvement ! ! ROCK ON . . . so stay with me here !

I challenge you to begin to look at the stuff that you see as "imperfect" and question wether these are qualities you can actually fix about yourself or if these are things that even need fixing at all. Chances are it's your mind playing tricks on you and it's illusion of what perfect is.

So here is one thing I cannot fix but wish I could, and that's my acne. I have never been one for wearing makeup and I truly rather wear gym clothes and a hat everyday then have to put on makeup and wear a nice outfit. I haven't always had skin problems, so when the dermatologist used the word "acne" to describe the red bumps on my face at the age of 20, I did go into a bit of a panic (not gonna lie). Thinking "How could I have acne?" or "What did I do to deserve less then perfect skin at my age?" The truth is I didn't do anything wrong, and if anything I had done everything right (health wise) to get over this issue. But now I found it's time to give up on trying to get "my perfect skin" back again. We all deal with stress, and periods of time when a kale salad is the last thing we want to put in our mouths, but none of this is a true depiction of perfect health or how our bodies react to certain stressors of life. Truth is, pimples stink, and they cause you to feel less than your true self, but the great thing is they are always fleeting (find of like the money I manage to make ha ha) and as long as you stick to who you are on the inside these red little pumps should never and CAN NEVER bring you down!

Thankfully I chose this year to embrace my imperfection of having acne, and you should too ! Skin shaming is as real as it gets so give this article a read and you will hopefully understand why perfect, simply has no place. I bookmarked this incase I need a nice little reminder here and there . . . yah know?

https://www.wellandgood.com/good-looks/acne-acceptance-movement/

Srsly love the fricken skin your in Xo