The clothing industry has done an amazing job of categorizing our bodies into numbers and letters. When you walk into the store you usually know exactly where to head to ... S, M, L, XL, XXL, X Tall, Short, 00, 38, and so on. You are in search of a label just like everything else you see in a store. Yet, why is it okay to imprint that label into our minds? Your body, goals, and situations are forever changing. We are never at just one stage, one letter, one number in our life. One size does not fit all. It is okay to be a variety of numbers throughout your life and to rock the heck out of them. This concept piggybacks off of my last blog on photoshopping and how it affects (especially young girls) views.
This gets drilled into so many young minds and sometimes that voice telling them they aren’t good enough stays around for years. You begin to believe, so to speak, that you aren’t the “right” size. When really you could fit into a size 2 and a size 12 and somehow both are not good enough. Whether that be the latest diet trend, clothing style, jean size, friend group, workout craze, etc. it never seems to be the “approved” fit.
Your body and mind can change in the drop of a dime; pregnancy, career changes, passions, failures, successes. Those are the things to remind yourself of when you are browsing down the aisles, not your size. Celebrate the YOU not the number.
So as I look into my own closet and see a range of sizes and numbers, I smile because I fit into all of them. I know that each brand is different, each day is different, and each year has changed drastically. I encourage you to keep spreading that concept, especially to the younger generations. Stop allowing the label to construct your mindset or mood. There isn’t a way to label your life, just be concerned with making it a good one. Your size doesn’t determine your beauty, your life does.
Your body and mind can change in the drop of a dime; pregnancy, career changes, passions, failures, successes. Those are the things to remind yourself of when you are browsing down the aisles, not your size. Celebrate the YOU not the number.
So as I look into my own closet and see a range of sizes and numbers, I smile because I fit into all of them. I know that each brand is different, each day is different, and each year has changed drastically. I encourage you to keep spreading that concept, especially to the younger generations. Stop allowing the label to construct your mindset or mood. There isn’t a way to label your life, just be concerned with making it a good one. Your size doesn’t determine your beauty, your life does.
