
--Princess Diana
This month I am dedicating to self-reflection and truly listening to my heart. For the past 3 months I have completely ignored the main egl community, lolita forums, and my local lolita Facebook and I have been extremely pleased about my fashion choices. I noticed that my lolita file on my computer was overcrowded with pictures of different popular fashion trends that I actually had no desire in trying. All the excitement of eye popping bright prints, split wigs, and small animal bags had apparently hypnotized me. I decided that I would delete the files that did not interest me. Once I cleaned out the folder only 40% of the pictures remained. I was amazed at how much I had been effected by the opinions of others. And I was determined to continue this purge of unwanted influences not only in my fashion choices but throughout the rest of my interests.
This challenge has nothing to do with being a special snowflake or belittling others that like popular trends. This month is about finding out what makes me happy and cutting away the excess influences. Another reason I chose this quote for this month was in belated celebration of the first annual National Princess Week. I wish I had known about this last week. But I will be prepared for this next year though. I wish everyone a Happy May and good luck in all that you do.
image from:Confessions of a Seeker
4 comments :
Wow, I think what you wrote is truly inspiring and so true!
Helene ~ Thank you. ❤
Good for you! And very inspiring words for those that have or have had the same problem. I never got into the communities so I might have dodged the bullet xD But I am very happy for you. Do what you feel is right for you and do what you love! Thank you for this awesome post :3
~ Kieli ~
Kieli_Heart: Thank you! ❤ I never thought of myself as someone that was earlier swayed by other people's opinions, but I was amazed that so many of the photos were of trends that I had no interest in. The communities are not all bad. I have learned of a few new things I might not have come upon without them.
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