Old Product, New Packaging
Happy New Year to you! I don't usually make resolutions, but I recently decided to make a change and it just so happens that I'm starting at the end of December. My resolution for 2009 is to come across as more of an adult. Note that I didn't say I'm going to start acting more like an adult. I'm already pretty responsible and I'm not interested in changing myself too much to please others. I've struggled with self doubt/hate since I was a teenager and I am making a conscious effort to embrace me. As Oscar Wilde said
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.
But I am tired of people not taking me seriously. That's really what it boils down to. Has anyone seen Big Love on HBO? I completely identify with the third wife, Margene. People treat her and react to her in the same way that they react to me. I think watching people not take her seriously has stirred up all kinds of resolve in me.
All of the changes I have planned are superficial. A lot of what I'm going to do involves wardrobe. No more shopping at American Eagle, only business casual clothes at work (our office doesn't really have a dress code), heels all the time (until it just hurts too much), and a little more effort in the makeup department. I'm doing the heels and makeup partially because it'll help me prepare for my wedding. I know every single change I listed is 100% superficial, but honestly, it can't hurt. I feel more confident when I look good, and I'm sure my confidence level is part of the problem. Act confident, and people will believe you are confident. Maybe that is different than people taking you seriously... I dunno. Oh geez I'm undermining myself right now!
Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.
But I am tired of people not taking me seriously. That's really what it boils down to. Has anyone seen Big Love on HBO? I completely identify with the third wife, Margene. People treat her and react to her in the same way that they react to me. I think watching people not take her seriously has stirred up all kinds of resolve in me.
All of the changes I have planned are superficial. A lot of what I'm going to do involves wardrobe. No more shopping at American Eagle, only business casual clothes at work (our office doesn't really have a dress code), heels all the time (until it just hurts too much), and a little more effort in the makeup department. I'm doing the heels and makeup partially because it'll help me prepare for my wedding. I know every single change I listed is 100% superficial, but honestly, it can't hurt. I feel more confident when I look good, and I'm sure my confidence level is part of the problem. Act confident, and people will believe you are confident. Maybe that is different than people taking you seriously... I dunno. Oh geez I'm undermining myself right now!