Rise through the dirt, Bloom

What a privilege it is to show signs of aging.

What a privilege it is to not have passed at a young age.

What a privilege it is to have smile lines, wrinkles, graying hair, healing scars, and other signs your body has lived for years.

🌸Get a journal. Write 3-5 positive things down everyday, and yes some of them has to be related to how you look. If positive things is a bit too much, go for reminders like “I deserve to exist just the way I am”.

🌸Wear stuff that makes you happy. If it brings you joy, wear it. It doesn’t matter if someone else would go “Umm, that’s not really for your body type”. A big “shh” to them and a big cheer for you for not listening.

🌸Put on some good music and dance in your underwear. Especially if you’re standing in the bathroom and are tempted to say mean things to yourself. Dance instead.

🌸Avoid diet talk. Avoid negative body talk. No more bonding with other people about what you hate about your body. That is contagious. And please remember this: If you happen to find yourself in such coversation and cannot change the topic, and you the following days are feeling way worse about your body? All that came from that conversation. That doesn’t really change how you feel, but it explains where it came from and that might help.

🌸Follow a diverse set of people with different bodies on social media.

🌸Remember that there are people who profit of you hating how you look. They will straight up tell you something is wrong and then tell you how to fix it, just to make a profit.