Hello High Heelers
I am proud to share that I continued to behave like a teenager throughout the weekend. Since I’m officially 16 going on 32, I’m allowed. I have also crowned myself ‘Princess of REAL ages’ and have been reallocating friends’ and colleagues’ ages and renaming them ‘fabulous’ all week. It seems everyone is keen to know what their new age is (which brings a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘new age’). It’s funny how we absolutely hate change in most instances, but when it comes to getting an extreme make-over we’re up for it. People go through excessive pain and massive discipline to look youthful and vibrant. As long as we’re younger and hotter, we’re happy. We don’t even pause to think.
I was watching Extreme Make-Over Home Edition this weekend. I have no idea why. But I was. I think it was part of my teenager revival. That show gets the emotions going every time and gets me hooked on reality TV. I was soon watching ’10 Years Younger’ ‘What not to Wear’ and all sorts of other improvement shows. When you spend a day on the couch being a slobby, lazy sixteen-year-old you learn all about how to upgrade yourself. You discover how to be a master chef, a snappy dresser, a baker, a historian, an engineer, CSI detective, the perfect mom and goodness knows what else. And to get started, all you have to do is get off the couch!
I must admit, I felt a little inadequate watching the green-fingered geniuses turn barren soil into an oasis of wonderfulness and growth. Then these annoyingly talented designers made drab homes into fab palaces – on tight budgets. Obese kids went to spa-like boarding schools (most unlike the boarding school I went to) and came out looking like supermodels. You see, being a reality star transforms people. Because TV forces you to show off your talents on the one hand, and address your deepest issues on the other. You can’t ignore them – the whole world is watching! Talk about accountability.
Which got me thinking. Who is my reality TV character? If I had to go on and ‘show off my skills’ what would I be doing? And if I had to be on a make-over show, what would I be getting help to fix? Hmmm. Well, in my state of being sixteen, I would probably be showing off my wonderful imagination. I can make up stories, delve into the creative world and really be quite silly when I need to step back and look at serious reality in a non-threatening way. On the ‘improvement side’ well – where to start? I could definitely do with a bit of a make-over. A health farm with exercising, de-stressing, eating healthily and enduring similar ‘good torture’ would be the show to turn me from couch potato to sexy celery (like my boss, Natalie Maroun).
To many of us that live in the Western world, self-improvement (as per Maslow’s self-actualisation area at the top of his Hierarchy of Needs) is a massive part of realising our personal dreams and making us feel fulfilled. So how do we find out what we really want? There are many ways to do this. This weekend I decided to look at myself as though I’m a TV character – from the outside. Why don’t you also try it? Examine your areas that need serious improvement in an unemotional way and work on them like you’re accountable to the world. But also highlight your strengths. Share what you’re good at. Remember your value. Become a star in your own right and write your own story.
Right celebrity heelers, step up, be ‘on air’, put your best foot forward and shine this week.
Cheers,
Jo
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