07/12/2025
Body acceptance is a journey. Some days are easier than others. Take the photos, live your best life!
I hate this photo of me.
Stop. Right. There.
I’m not saying that for sympathy. Please don’t hit me with the “but you’re beautiful” comments—because I am beautiful. I know I am.
But sometimes even people who say “wear the swimsuit, take the picture, live your life” find themselves looking at a photo and thinking… “yeah, no.”
This doesn’t look like how I feel I look. But it’s me. I know it’s me. I just don’t love it.
And that’s allowed.
There are so many photos, videos, and screenshots of me that I don’t love. Some are downright unflattering. I’ve lost count.
And people always ask—how are you so confident?
Here’s the truth:
Confidence doesn’t come from only seeing your best angles.
It comes from also seeing the “bad” ones, the weird ones, the ones you didn’t pose for—and not flinching.
Not deleting them right away.
Looking at them.
Then looking in the mirror and reminding yourself:
It’s all you. And you are so much more than one photo.
You’re not a 2D image.
You are a whole person.
A person worth loving in every frame—even the ones you don’t like.