I have a pimple.
BAM! — right there on my chin.
I’ve named him Julian (hi, Julian!).
Julian really hurts and feels like he has roots that dig miles and miles into my skin. He probably came about due to a combination of factors — eating more dairy than usual, not sleeping enough, randomness and PMS.
Julian is kind of a pain in the @ss, but in light of everything happening in the world today, he’s manageable.
We’re all human. Bare skin is beautiful, but so is bare skin with pimples (although they can be very annoying and painful).
Now, I love Instagram. It feeds my creative well, and I just wanna gobble it all up! But sometimes all of that faux perfection makes me feel like I’m doing everything wrong in my life. I’ll be scrolling and thinking, “Geez, I must be mucking it all up royally.” All the perfect makeup, perfect bodies, perfect houses, perfect flat lays on perfect marble tables with perfect flowers. Hell, even the pets pose perfectly on perfect white furniture in perfectly lit rooms! It’s exhausting. But you know what"
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