Don't Compare.

I know I mentioned before that there are girls out there who try so hard to seem flawless, but they end up looking bad. Well I failed to mention that there are those girls, who do have it all. And they don't even realize they do, and they make us feel terrible about ourselves.

For example, when Carrie Bradshaw found out that her ex-love, Big, was recently married she acted like she didn't care but when she read the article she cried, and simply said "It's because she's a fashion writer, she's Chanel, she's Vera Wang. And I'm the sex column they run next to ads for implants."

Now I didn't get that quote totally right, but the point is that Carrie feels bad about herself because she compared herself to this woman. I also feel a connection to her because I'm sure as hell not a cheerleader, I'm just a blogger trying to maintain a GPA that will keep me in the National Honor Society.

Now I know that every girl has compared herself to another girl at one point in time. I've compared myself to my friends, relatives, and, of course, those models who seem perfect. However I ask myself all the time why I do that. I don't look just like my friends, that doesn't make me ugly by any standards. And so what? I don't look like a model, most of then are photo shopped and/or go for weeks without eating. I don't want to go through those extremes just to get my face in the Target shopping catalog.

I don't aspire to be a model, an actress, or a famous pop-singer. I aspire to be a news broadcaster, and when I am on CNN reporting about the economy, or the presidential debates, I don't want people to judge the way I look. It's not what I'm there for. I am going to be there so that I can deliver the news to people.

Now, yes I know that being a news broadcaster will put me in the public eye, and I am sure I will receive comments about how I look. However that doesn't and won't matter to me. Honestly it shouldn't matter to anyone what anyone says about them.

Remember that "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" - Eleanor Roosevelt