I love it when people say I don’t look my age. LOVE IT. And it’s really easy to curate an online persona that could be any age. Just post glossy selfies taken with the portrait app in golden lighting, eyebags smoothed out. And while there’s no fudging the actual numbers, does it matter when you can fool them all the same?
Your selfies are bombdiggity. I can confirm two things, I think: 1. the fretting lessens as the visible signs of aging accelerates; 2. some days you simply cannot let the fretting go, and that's OK. Tomorrow (or later) will likely feel better, with improved perspective.
As always, very honest and insightful take. Don’t be so hard on yourself. If there is anything social media has taught me is that nobody is perfect, but a great many are really cool, amazing, and attractive in their own ways. Besides, people that you interact most with already know you. And the fact that they continue to interact with you is validation enough.
This came in right as my both and I were trading ailments on slack. Fitting.
Your selfies are bombdiggity. I can confirm two things, I think: 1. the fretting lessens as the visible signs of aging accelerates; 2. some days you simply cannot let the fretting go, and that's OK. Tomorrow (or later) will likely feel better, with improved perspective.
As always, very honest and insightful take. Don’t be so hard on yourself. If there is anything social media has taught me is that nobody is perfect, but a great many are really cool, amazing, and attractive in their own ways. Besides, people that you interact most with already know you. And the fact that they continue to interact with you is validation enough.