simple is beautiful🫶

A guy on Hinge said to me, "He'd never seen someone wear simplicity so beautifully." And even though I never matched with him, that compliment stuck with me. For years, I saw myself as just the simple girl. No makeup, minimal jewelry, not the most trendy clothes. I always felt like I didn't fit society's beauty standards. And at a party recently, I looked around and felt so plain. I didn't look like everyone else. I didn't think I had anything to me that would make people go, "Wow!" But that random compliment changed something in me. Now I wear my simplicity loud and proud. I'm glad I don't look like everyone else. I may not stand out, I may not be Instagram perfect, but I'm comfortable. I'm happy. I feel like me. And if you can feel like you in what you wear and what you do, that's the only beauty standard that matters.