I had a “oh hell no” recently.
I wanted to share it - its not a big post, but it was an important moment.
I am recording a podcast next week, and in advance of that the production team needed a photo.
The first photo I sent them had me in profile, and wasn’t going to work for them.
They messaged me and sent me a screen shot of what they have on archive. Could they use this?
Look, don’t get me wrong - there is absolutely nothing wrong with the picture …
Except …
That’s not who I am any more.
My god, I got a real visceral response to the photo and that notion. I am no longer the woman in the designer dress and pearls. That woman was still second guessing herself and trying to be someone she thought she had to be to fit in.
And that’s not me.
This is me now.
In a lot of ways I am less put together than before, but I am so much more me.
I hadn’t fully appreciated how much I have grown into myself over the last one to two years, but seeing the archive picture really brought it homw.
I am the happiest and most content than I have ever been, and I don’t care who knows it.
That’s all I wanted to say.
Brilliant! And I love this line: "In a lot of ways I am less put together than before, but I am so much more me." You are ridiculously you!
Oh hell YES!! I love this new picture.