Arizona Trip

This year was such an impactful year for me. Most importantly, because my oldest sister graduated with her PhD at the University of Arizona. I’m proud to say she’s the first in our family generation to earn this big achievement. We got to celebrate her accomplishment with her fiancé’s side of the family who hosted us during our stay, and we couldn’t have been happier. I will say, the most important part of this trip for me was the deep and inspiring conversations we discussed. 

In our discussion, we talked about our culture in regards to aging, and social pressure on women’s physical appearances in our society as a whole. Sure don’t get me wrong, I also enjoyed spending time with my new family, and eating my sister’s mother in law’s amazing pozole. I then realized, I’ve noticed this same negative belief in my past work place, with a couple friends, and even a few of my mature clients. I can’t blame them, since the internet and environmental influences can impact ones perspective. Many can agree the beauty industry is no different and I too, believed it up until we had this conversation.

The belief that aging is viewed as negative and we have to do whatever it takes to keep ourselves looking young in order to “keep up” with todays ever changing beauty standards. Inevitably we turn on our phones and see unrealistic expectations only to feel bad about ourselves. Behind some of these people we look up to, we fail to realize theres more than meets the eye behind a filtered photo or video you’re seeing in your screen with photoshop apps.

This negative belief is rooted in us that we spend so much time caring about our appearance and what others think about us, that we fail to enjoy being present, and making the best of what we have left on this earth. Physical appearances will always be superficial. We’re all going to die anyways as one would say, so who cares what people think! It begun to hit me now and I refuse to see aging as a negative in my late twenties. There’s nothing sexier than confidence and aging should be perceived as a good thing. Not only do you become so much wiser with time, you’ll also become the best story teller.

I know getting closer to my 30’s will be a beautiful experience. I can only wait until I’m in my 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, and so on to encounter all the amazing individuals I’ll get to meet in my lifetime. It’s great to remember we all have a unique and different experience of life to tell.

Much love,