Started-feeling-liberated - Back In Time

Hello RINA Nation so as much of a Mariah Carey fan that I am, I am going to need you guys to give this song a listen then once the season is over make edits.

How I Increased My Confidence to the Point Where I Can’t Stop Looking at Myself in the Mirror!!

1. When I felt bad about myself, I would sit in front of a folded mirror in the dark for 5-10 minutes at a time. I felt so self conscious about my reflection staring at me from 3 angles that I felt exposed. I realized it’s not me who feels bad about myself, it’s the others who feel negatively about themselves to the point that they’re inflicting their self hatred on me!

My mood and self esteem level changed instantly! I couldn’t believe it. From middle school to my junior year in high school, I didn’t hate myself, it was other’s energy!

2. Don’t ever care about the negative comments or backhanded compliments others say to you directly/indirectly. Literally, ignore it unless you’re being threatened. I laugh at anything anyone says at me. At the same time, don’t allow anyone to talk about you and you take it.

“If they can dish it out, they can take it.”

You’re too pretty to insult yourself and pick out flaws about yourself. You’re too pretty to waste your energy and eyesight on picking out flaws on others. They’re them and you’re you.

3. Unlearn stage fright and the feeling of being cornered. For my graduation practice, I walked in the field in my favorite fitted dress, waist ⌛️⏳ (I had on a waist trainer but no one could tell) and the vintage Louis Vuitton bag I just bought. They people I had issues with kept staring at me to antagonize me or to get me to look down/away but I really, really didn’t care.

My waist captured everyone’s attention and I was going to go have fun afterwards while they rushed to work and gawked at me.

(My graduating class really thought I got my waist done 🤣)

I didn’t appear as and really wasn’t the same meek girl they saw before the pandemic shut everything down. Know that you’re better than whatever others are giving out.

You don’t have to prove anything or have a revenge “‘“glow up’”” on anyone.

4. Never stop learning about how to improve yourself. I discovered femininity when the change happened and it was a life transformation. Wake up earlier and have a healthy drink or meal. Watch makeup tutorials and hacks while walking on the treadmill. Find out your personal style and measurements.

5. Think about your confidence this way. Your self esteem levels are like a dimmer switch. The more you notice how attractive and lovable you are, the higher the switch goes up or more the knob turns. You see your inner & outer beauty even more as the brightness increases.

Now, I’m pretty euphoric and I keep a mirror on my nightstand. I’ve had to hide mirrors from myself and buy more to place in my surroundings!!

Marc Anthony

love this pose from latin dancers. stalking. predatory. preening.

Lori Williams in  Faster Pussycat… Kill! Kill! (1965)

I’ll never forget that scene either, when she told him that Dewey and Reese were destined for an easier climb in life and that Malcolm needs those obstacles cause it can really aid in his future success

If you know, you know

Album #2

Olivia's next album will be like oops...i did it again. And it will hopefully have a longer tracklist.

I just think it would be funny if she named it "Sweet" and was Bubblegum pop.

Catwoman

Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman in THE BATMAN (2022) dir. Matt Reeves

YES

Totally

“He said, “You’re so tiny, like a doll, you look like you might break.” I wanted him to break me. Part of me did.”

— Francesca Lia Block, from The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold (via abattoirette)

The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting next to them and knowing that you can never have them.