My progress forward will come in fits and spurts. This morning (just now in fact) - I had a revelation. I don't need to buy into all that crap that was put on me about beauty. I have the right to be pretty (I look very nice today despite the fact that I feel like crap) and be taken seriously. Screw what the world says. I deserve that. I deserve respect for being the person I want to be. And I want to look good AND be smart and respected for my mind and personality.
I deserve this and more. I will no longer let the world's preconception about beauty weigh me down. The mentor that told me I needed to dress less sexy needed to get a life. I wasn't dressing sexy and didn't need to change how I dressed to be taken seriously. I can only guess at her motivation but that is not my problem and is certainly something I shouldn't be carrying into my future.
I have worked hard for my professional success and I have worked hard to look good. I deserve to be able to reap the benefits of both without apologizing or making excuses in either realm.
So, dear reader, I am taking that with me into the world today. Take me as I am - pretty and smart. And deal with it.
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you have earned everything in your life. you are incredibly accomplished, you are also beautiful. you can have it all!
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