Is anyone ever happy with the way they look?

When I hear people talk about how they hate their body, especially girls, it genuinely makes me feel sad. I'm not saying I love my body at all, but I don't think it's horrendous either. But getting extremely upset when you look in a mirror is something that happens to many people out there and I think that this needs to change. If Gok Wan had anything to do with us then he would be getting us all naked telling us to love ourselves... maybe I wouldn't go that far! 

 

Self-confidence is something that a lot of people lack, especially when it comes to their appearance. We are always so keen to compliment others on how nice their hair looks, what they are wearing, how nice their figure is etc. Yet when it happens to us we're like "erm... pardon? what? .... nice joke!!" Not many people actually accept a compliment and can look in the mirror and be happy with they see in the reflection. I know definitely want lots of things improving with the way I look.

Yet everyone has different ideals: I know people who want to be thinner, whilst others want to be more toned, others want to bulk up massively and others want to gain weight. Often short people want to be taller and tall people want to be shorter, people with straight hair wish they had naturally curly wavy hair and vice versa. I could look at every single one of my friends and say they looked perfect and nothing should be changed but they are determined that they are not happy with themselves even though no-one else sees anything wrong. 

It got me thinking, is any one ever 100% completely happy with the way that they look or does everyone want to change something about themselves? 

I think we all need to start being positive and accepting ourselves as who we are more often and try to make a change. I know that I've started back at the gym after a couple of months off to try to be happier with my body but I know that I will never be 100% happy, there will always be something I want to improve. 

Lets try and stay positive guys!! xxx

Appreciate the small things

This morning I watched a clip of Emma Watson's HeForShe campaign speech and it got me thinking about equality but not just between males and females. Why is that some people on earth have much better access to things in life than others? How is this fair? Why aren't the more powerful countries (USA/UK etc.) doing more about this to eradicate inequality around the world?

Our society is one which takes the majority of things for granted yet we still complain:

We complain that our mum or dad hasn't cooked us our favourite meal whilst at the same time the UN estimates over 800 million people are currently starving and suffering from chronic undernourishment.

We complain about the weather and that it's rained all day. Yet many countries are so hot that they can't even grow crops. Or its raining so much that everything they have worked for is flooded.

We complain about school, how much work we have, how we dislike our teachers. But just think of all those children who would die to be able to go to a school like ours. Think of all those children who don't have the education or qualifications to set them up for life.

We complain about having a cold, or there being a long wait at the doctors. But what about all those children currently dying of AIDS, malnutrition, malaria etc. Their chances of survival are tiny and everything would have been different if they had just been brought up in a different area of the world.

I know that is it an absolutely mammoth goal to abolish world hunger and poverty but if I had just one wish it would be for equality across the world. I know everyone is guilty of taking things for granted but if everyone just started to appreciate what they had more then the world would become a much better place.

Would absolutely love to hear your views on this so please get in touch!