Make An Effort To Look Nice

Trying, but I just find better things to do with my time in the morning (eg. sleeping) than spending hours on my hair. Normally, if I don’t have the time to spend straightening it, I just put a lot of serum on it and stuff it all back into a pony tail.

The last few days I’ve been trying to wear it down more (it looks nicer than puled back but it’s just so impractical). I’ve had a lot of “Wow I never knew you had curly hair!”, or “I didn’t recognise you behind all of that.” comments. None of which imply a compliment I might add.

I think I need to get some better straighteners.

I’m trying to talk to more people at uni – today I was in a few situations where I could have started up conversations with people I vaugely know but ended up being too shy because I knew I looked a mess (hair needed a wash, massive oversized jumper, no make-up).

I just often feel there’s no point getting out of bed to go to lectures so actually making an effort to look presentable isn’t a priority!

When I had a weekend job it got me into the mindset of having to look nice everyday (working with customers meant my boss would say something to me even if my hair was slightly out of place!).

Getting up that half hour earlier will be worth it for my own confidence. However I think I’ll still skip makeup most days for my skin’s sake.

I am really making an effort with this but i have to get up early and sometimes when im runing late i just cant be bothered but if i have alot of time i can be bothered and i will use effort but its really hard to do!

So far this goal is going pretty well.
Slowly but surely. I’m still having troubles getting dressed before noon, but when I do, I’m actually putting some effort in.

I figured out that I need to convince myself that spending 30 to 60 minutes in front of the mirror is not a waste of time, so I’ve come up with a few personal positives. (I can’t just focus on how other people see me because that will make me crazy.)

1. It is an opportunity to be playful and creative.

2. When I really don’t want to do it, it is still an opportunity to practice concentration and disipline.

3. I am becoming more familiar with my own face and body which is strengthening my sense of identity.

When I focus on these things, the goal seems more worth it.

So now that I am getting a handle on how to deal with this day-to-day, it’s time to think of the next step. Like getting regular haircuts.

So I got all dresed up today and I did my hair! Yeah! But the bad news is that I braided my hair and it fell out, so I had to put it in a bun! It didn’t turn out as well as I wanted it too.

I even did my hair and put on make up.

Seriously.
Or comb my hair or something.
Maybe I’ll go do that right now.

Today was my first day at trying to look nice. I thought I looked pretty nice today. I got a few compliments! Yeah! First day done, now for tommrow.

I so want to do this! I really want to try to look nice. I don’t exceptially try this and to do it I am going to have to get a new wardrobe, which is going to take a little bit.

Right now I have a big obstacle to overcome in meeting this goal: Sleep. I love it. I think that sleeping probably rates in my top 3 favorite things to do. I especially like sleeping in the morning, when it’s cold. I’m often late to classes because I make the choice to stay under the covers for ten minutes more…anyway!

Obviously, when faced with the choice, “wake up now, in order to have time to do my hair etc etc…” or “sleep! warm blankets! soft pillows!” I choose the latter.

It’s a matter of willpower. I set a million alarms to wake up in the morning, now I only need to stop ignoring them.