Hello High Heelers,
I decided to take a ‘couch day’ on Saturday. This is a delightful event that only us single people can indulge in. We wake up whenever we feel like it, order in DVDs, take-aways and incomprehensibly unhealthy snacks and spend the entire day watching movies, reading books and indulging in unhealthy habits. This Saturday I didn’t even open my curtains. Curtain-opening is banned on ‘couch days’. Sounds delightful – doesn’t it? Yes? No. In all honesty, it wasn’t as hedonistic as I’d planned. By six o’clock I felt like a blubbery whale with no life or energy. I didn’t look so good either, I had this weird, lifeless, grey tinge to my skin – I stupidly took a peek in the mirror (which is also banned on ‘couch days’). And of course, the many hours on my own feeling like a slob gave me way too much time to reflect on my tragic inadequacies and my broken dreams. You know – so I could beat myself up a bit. As we do.
I spent a good two hours on FaceBook scanning photo albums of people who I used to think were losers at school (yes – I went through a bitchy teenage phase. Don’t judge me. We all did. I apologise and have moved on). Interestingly all of the girls (and I mean ALL) who used to be gawky, nerdy, insecure and well – dorky, now have real lives with crisp white wedding pictures, happy smiles, perfect dancing kiddies, delightful husbands and successful careers. It was all quite nauseating to take in. But most of all, it left me wishing that I had been one of those gangly, uncomfortable girls. I don’t know if I’m right in this new study, but my research seems to point towards the conclusion that getting through high school and surviving through being bullied and marginalised for being clever and yourself really does set one up to be a kick-ass High Heeler in later years. Touché to that sisters!
Not that the ‘popular girls’ haven’t succeeded in their lives. Some have. But not to the same extent, I must say. Now, from the conclusions of my ‘couch day studies’ I have two important points to make (I’m Prof. High Heeler today). Point number one – High Heelers need to move and shake. The minute we stagnate we begin to shrivel up into beings that lack assertion, ambition, opinion, direction and elegance. Quite frankly High Heelers – we have to keep moving. There is no pause, there is no rewind and (note to self) there should be no ‘couch days’ (well certainly not like the type I took!)
Point number two is that it doesn’t matter where you come from, who you were, what background was bestowed upon you or the awful names that have been put on you in the past, the future is yours. If you have a brain, a plan and the desire to overcome, you are equipped with everything you need to turn tomorrow into the dream you see today. You just have to start. It’s quite simple. Start. Pull on your heels, step up and go. They say ‘good things come to those who wait’. A High Heelers says (say it with me) ‘good things come to those who go out and grab opportunities.’
Go get the future – it’s yours! And it looks however you want it to look – with or without wedding pictures, bouncing babies and all the ‘picket fence’ stuff. Now go sketch the image of your dream, make it fabulous and have a wonderful week.
Yours in heels,
Jo
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