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FBW: Michele from Scraps of My Geek Life (Ms. September)
FBW stands for Featured Blogger of the Week. Each week we will feature one of our calendar ladies or gentleman. Mondays will be a post written by the FBW and Wednesdays will be an interview of the FBW. If you want to know how you can be a part of the Blogger Body Calendar project, please click here.
I remember when I first heard about the Blogger Body calendar project and I thought, “How cool are those bloggers for participating.” There was no way I could ever do anything like that. Here I am a year later and I will be part of the 2012 Blogger Body calendar.
What changed my mind? Fear! I have spent much of my life worrying about what everyone thinks about everything I do, how I look and the choices I make. Enough is enough. I am a big enough critic of myself, I don’t need others to do it for me (even if only in my head.) I have two daughters ages 12 and 6 and my biggest fear is passing that bad habit to them.
I need to do something outside of my own comfort zone. I need to tell my girls how proud I am of me and of my body. But kids are smart. I can’t just tell them, I have to show them. You know, “talk the talk and walk the walk.” That was when I decided to not only show my girls how proud I am, but I’m going to show all of you too.
This won’t be easy for me. I have already gone through it a thousand times in my head. I can photoshop my boobs smaller or my thighs smaller, but I won’t.
What do I hope to achieve by doing this? That my world will not collapse if I am myself, flaws and all. I hope my daughters will see that I am not afraid to be myself. I hope that all of you will see the beauty in all of our bodies and stop being so hard on ourselves.
Dr. Phil once said that if we talked to our friends the way we talk to ourselves, we would have no friends. We need to be our own best friends. Stop the mean inner talk and only see the beauty in our lives and in our bodies.
Come September 2012, I will step outside my comfort zone and I hope to step out of the shell that I hide under and be myself. I am the only me there is!
Michele can be found on Twitter as ScrappinMichele, Facebook as Michele McGraw and Scraps of My Geek Life and LinkedIn.
Author: Allison @ Alli 'n Son
Allison is a slightly OCD momma (yes, M&Ms must be eaten in pairs of matching colors) who blogs over at Alli ‘n Son and tweets at Alli_n_Son. She’s the momma of a spunky, energetic, and frustrating two year old boy. You can often find her up to the knees in potty training, bubbles and all things balls. She’s also a wanna-be photographer and gourmet chef, a highly creative woman and one-time graphic designer, all rolled into one.3 Comments to “FBW: Michele from Scraps of My Geek Life (Ms. September)”
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You are far braver than I, and I am proud of you for it!
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I think fear is at the heart of almost every single one of my emotions. I commend you for taking this step, and I thank you so much for participating.