It sounds harsh, but it’s oddly freeing.
We spend so much time being self-conscious — about our skin, our boobs, our stomachs, our thighs, our faces.
We want bigger butts, smaller noses, fuller lips, lighter skin, tighter waists.
All to fit into a beauty standard that we didn’t even create.
A standard built on comparisons.
On “this celebrity looks better than that one.”
On filters, edits, and lies.
And somehow we believe that if we could just look a certain way, we’d feel better about ourselves.
That life would be easier.
That love would come faster.
That confidence would magically appear.
But here’s the hard truth:
If you don’t build self-esteem from the inside, no surgery, no makeup, no perfect body will ever be enough.
Because at the end of the day, you’ll still look in the mirror... and find something wrong.
So maybe — just maybe — we should stop worrying so much about what we look like, and start focusing on how we see ourselves.
Because while we’re busy judging ourselves, everyone else is too busy living their own lives to notice.
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10 days agoIt sounds harsh, but it’s oddly freeing.
We spend so much time being self-conscious — about our skin, our boobs, our stomachs, our thighs, our faces.
We want bigger butts, smaller noses, fuller lips, lighter skin, tighter waists.
All to fit into a beauty standard that we didn’t even create.
A standard built on comparisons.
On “this celebrity looks better than that one.”
On filters, edits, and lies.
And somehow we believe that if we could just look a certain way, we’d feel better about ourselves.
That life would be easier.
That love would come faster.
That confidence would magically appear.
But here’s the hard truth:
If you don’t build self-esteem from the inside, no surgery, no makeup, no perfect body will ever be enough.
Because at the end of the day, you’ll still look in the mirror... and find something wrong.
So maybe — just maybe — we should stop worrying so much about what we look like, and start focusing on how we see ourselves.
Because while we’re busy judging ourselves, everyone else is too busy living their own lives to notice.