Bodies. Lumps, Bumps and Cellulite

Lack of body confidence is something that every girl can hand on heart say they've suffered with and I am definitely someone who has struggled with this for a good length of time because no matter how good I think I look when I leave the house, there is always someone who looks better and plants that tricky seed of self doubt.

The number of times I've seen girls with toned completely flat stomachs, skinny legs and amazing bone structure is irritating and on a daily basis I'm exposed to images like the one above. Tanned, toned and ridiculously airbrushed. Because they are airbrushed. Victoria's Secret models may look flawless in their ad campaigns, but on the runway there are still hints of cellulite, wrinkles and imperfections that are typically hidden in their ad campaigns.

It probably doesn't help that everywhere you look theres a new diet pill, or a bikini body special on Heat or a Cosmo tweet on diets - it really gets into your head. But the reality is, that the everyday person who can't afford a nutritionalist, a dietician, a personal chef and a personal trainer will never actually look like these models who have been further retouched.

Retouching is an issue I was faced with a couple of days ago where I took some pictures wearing a playsuit and my skin wasn't as smooth as I desired - and I had to decide whether I fire up photoshop or just deal with it. I dealt with it.

But the point of this post is that everyone is different and you can't compare yourself to someone as they don't have the same genes as you! Stay strong, reassure yourself and dress for your body type - theres nothing worse than ill fitting clothes!

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The Little things in Life

National Geographic is one of my all time favourite channels and I am just obsessed with watching various documentaries, however, today I was watching one that crushed my heart.  It was about this slum in Dhaka and was explaining how important education is to the people who live there, it is so important that they would pay whatever they had. Education was a way out of their world of poverty. It provided a road out of their slum dwellings by giving the opportunity for them to get a job and earn their own income. What really hit me was the fact that these people were so pleased to get a job as a cleaner or a construction worker and here I was worrying about whether I would get accepted into one of the top 10 universities in the UK. Although I have been brought up in a different society to these people, it really taught me to appreciate the little things in life. Now whenever I complain about having to get up at six am in the morning to attend one of the top schools in South East Asia, I just remember that this is a dream for some people. Whilst applying for universities and such, I just need to remember that no matter where I go It is up to me to work with that degree and help those who need. 

Our A2 Geography syllabus consists of a topic called Development. We were showed a video where Paul Collier was explaining the two extremities in the world. He explained that initially Europe and America were the rich and healthy countries (population of 2billion) and there were the transition Asian countries (China) and then countries such as India and sub-saharan african countries which were the poor and sick countries. Those living in the 'rich and healthy' countries wanted a car, those in the transition countries wanted a bicycle and those in the 'poor and sick' countries just wanted a pair of shoes. I had never thought about it like that and really wanted to point out how drastic these extremities in society are; the very rich and the very poor.

Now whenever I feel like moaning about my work load or those extra hours of swim training, I remember that I am living a dream compared to so many out there.

So remember, just think about all those things you do have before you complain.

Ciao!

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