Style builds on character
If how you look and what you wear is important to you
Make sure your character is growing all the time
Shape yourself with your character
Your style will be the fruit of your character development
Character is the plant
and style is the flower
If you look really great and love what you wear
that’s great
Keep yourself in check with your character
You look great
but what is going on in your mind
Are you in touch with yourself, with your wants and desires
Conversely
if you are not happy with how you look and how you feel
firstly put on a great outfit that you love
you will always feel better when you make an effort
then do a short personal inventory
Don’t get lost down the rabbit hole of
internal navel gazing
The aim is to course correct your life in line with your
goals for your life and your values
A very obvious example is being in the wrong job
You might over eat instead of facing the fact that you need to change jobs
Overeating leads inevitably to weight gain
Which leads to clothes not fitting
which leads to you feeling bad about yourself
and ‘punishing’ yourself by not taking an interest in your clothes or how you look
I can help you dress better and feel good about what you wear
But really we have to look at what got you to that point in the first place
And it was your job
A personal inventory should help you identify any area that needs addressing
We all know people who looked like they had it all and then lost it
We think
why would they do that?
They had the house the car the clothes the lifestyle the family the marriage the holidays
Things objects items possessions
don’t sustain us
Our character sustains us
Make sure you get this order right
At whatever life stage you are at
Character first
Then clothes
If you’d like to read the full post on positive body image and read more on how to develop easy ways to develop positive body image it’s available here.
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