I cried because I couldn't really afford a bottle of nail polish without breaking out a credit card. It didn't matter that I couldn't actually find the nail polish in question (OPI's Envy the Adventure from their Nutcracker collection), but just the fact that I wanted the nail polish and couldn't get it broke me a little bit. Which is admittedly ridiculous.
So instead I bought a book. I can hear you all screaming now: "You couldn't afford nail polish, why did you buy a book?!?!" I broke out the credit card for this one. I was walking through Walmart after I left work on Thanksgiving, feeling really sorry for myself and like I wasn't good enough. I went for socks, but I ended up walking by the book section and Rachel Hollis' Girl, Wash Your Face was sitting there. It's been suggested to me before, and I got it.
I never thought I'd be the person who likes self-help or personal development books, but I've found that they really do help. They make me think, and sometimes realize that things aren't as bad as they seem to me.
Girl, Wash Your Face was the book I needed that I didn't know I needed. Each chapter takes a big "lie" that we tell ourselves, or that we allow ourselves to believe. Hollis then shares her experience with that lie and what finally made it click that she wanted to change. That's the big thing. You can't change your life if you don't WANT to. Like the "Lie: I'll Start Tomorrow" chapter. You can say that all you want (I've said it three times this week) but tomorrow will never come if you don't really want it to.
This book definitely changed how I'm going to approach things. I'm not going to be perfect, but accepting that is defeating one of the lies itself. Perfection isn't necessary.
I'll get home from work tonight, wash my face, head to bed, and make tomorrow the best day that it can be! Or so I tell myself today.
I'd write more, but this book is one you need to read for yourself because your experience will be different from mine. It all depends on where you are in your life!
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