Why I stopped reading Women's magazines?
There was a time when I was reading lot of Women's magazines, I followed multiple fashion blogs too, I watched bunch of chick-flicks and so on. At some point I noticed that this wasn't healthy for my mind and self-esteem . Even if I didn't realise it I was comparing my life and myself to these idealistic pictures . And man there is lot of imagery in magazines, blogs and movies. So many expensive handbags, IT-girls, skinny models, picture perfect homes, happy marriages, city lunches, champagne tastings and what not. None of that had any touch base to so called real life. It was a dream that was being sold to me in one or another format. According to magazines: You always need to lose weight for summer (like why?) Change your wardrobe at least twice a year (because trends change, right?) Follow latest decor trends (how embarrassing it would be to have guests visiting your home and you had last season curtains) Have long hair (because almost always the hair-do instruct...
