I saw the Barbie movie last night and I’m a changed woman!
I’m kidding. I’m the same old Karyn.
But I need to have more fun in life, and this realization has nothing to do with me seeing Barbie. It has to do with two things I’m obsessed with at the moment:
A line from my new favorite song “Magic Hour” by Jhené Aiko that goes, “It ain’t perfect, but everything’s beautiful here."
And this Instagram Reel, which reminded me that life is short, so wear the cute outfit.
“You have got to stop saving your cute outfits for a special moment. You are not a celebrity. The special moment and events are not going to come every day.
But you know what is here every day? It's your regular life, and your regular life deserves to be pretty too.
Go to work. Go to the pharmacy. Go to the doctor's appointment. Go to the grocery store in your cute outfits.
Your cute outfits are just as worthy for everyday moments as they are for the special moments. Don't let them go to waste in your closet.”
A friend once gifted me a pair of Louboutins and I let them sit in my closet for a YEAR before wearing them. A YEAR. I didn’t have anywhere special to go and I didn’t want to ruin the bottoms. But then one day I said “fuck it” and wore them to work on a Tuesday. It wasn’t even a Friday, where happy hour drinks were more likely to happen. It was a regular old Tuesday, and I ended up having the most fantastic day ever. I strutted around from office to office and felt powerful in my heels. It wasn’t the fact that they were Louboutins that made me feel great (okay, maybe it was a little bit 😉), but more so that I’m special enough to dress up on a Tuesday.
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