Being Comfortable in Your Own Skin.

As my Mom would say, “You are growing up”. I feel like I have realized some kind of revelation, an ah-ha moment if you will.

After forty years on this Earth, I have really become comfortable in my own skin. I have always been a bit superficial (I am a beauty blogger – HELLO!), but just recently, I have become more accustomed to just being myself. I am talking about the outside – appearances, you know, the superficial.

Once obsessed with having to be perfect, like having every hair in place, perfectly polished nails, crisp and clean from head to toe, I have finally learned that it is okay to relax.

For example, my daughter is graduating and moving up to middle school tomorrow. I, for once, have made it all about her. She got a new dress, new shoes, I even brought her to get her nails manicured. My husband and I bought her a beautiful little diamond pendant to give to her in the morning. In the past it would have been about me, as in what would I wear. I used to buy a new outfit for every occasion, no matter how little. I would make sure that my nails were perfectly manicured, my makeup was the best, and I would spend countless (wasted) hours getting myself ready for these events.

So, why did I become more comfortable in my own skin? I don’t know. Maybe realizing that life is too short. Is this just a natural part of getting older, and maybe wiser (finally!).

And while I will certainly be presentable tomorrow, I will just select something nice from my closet, and do my hair and makeup like it were any other day. And realize that the whole world is not staring at me. Making judgments, and everything else that goes along with being superficial.

I am comfortable and almost at peace with myself.