As oft happens, I got all excited about NaBloPoMo, planned to participate, added my tumblr to the blogroll list, and then found myself SEVERAL weeks into the month and no blog posts have been written. In an effort to be disciplined and follow through with the commitment I've made, the next few days will be a MASSIVE game of catch up.
I will be following the prompts provided, but I hope to be able to weave a story that provides more insight into who I am and the focus of Observe and Obsess.
My best present ever has been self love. Like any woman, any person, there have always been things I didn't like about my physical appearance. Some things I could control (or at the very least try to control) like hyper-pigmentation; some things, like my height, I have no control over. Despite many attempts to loose weight/get fit/live a healthy lifestyle, all in all, the little insecurities that creep in every now and again, all in all, I've always have been relatively comfortable in the skin I'm in.
Summer 2014 was a pivotal moment in self acceptance, self love, and overall confidence. Coming out of a not so great--thatās putting it mildly--relationship, I cut off the last inch or so of my relaxed hair and was finally 100% natural. In a period of about 10 years, I had made several attempts to transition to natural and never quite made it. After cutting off the last bit of relaxer last summer, I felt myself begin to blossom into a more confident woman. I LOVED wearing my natural hair, and though I had never thought of it in this way while transitioning, I felt more authentic sporting my natural locks. The confidence awakened a self awareness and self love that had always been lurking beneath the surface, but finally had a chance to bloom when I cut off the dead weight.
Loving myself in the way that was needed and that I deserved, also brought another gift (my second best present ever?), the love of another.
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