Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Clocked

When I was younger, slimmer and prettier I'm fairly sure I got clocked quite a bit because I wasn't confident and I think it showed. Even if people didn't detect I was a young male in women's clothes they might have thought: 

"What's wrong with her?" 

Years later as I started making friends as Joanna I was very surprised that people didn't know and waited for the question so I could reveal my secret. It never came.

It took me a long time to realize that I was my biggest enemy and that people will believe who you show them you are. 

The caveat? You need to believe it yourself.

                            Age 40

3 comments:

  1. I totally agree confidence is the best thing you can wear. IMO, you blend in perfectly there. BTW, that skirt suit is absolutely lovely. I have one very similar to it and love wearing it. Nothing better than being able to express one's inner self out into the world.
    -Christina

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    1. Thanks I was slimmer and would never fit into it today 😅 but am 100 times more confident than I was then

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    2. LOL, we were all slimmer back then! We just gotta give ourselves grace to size up and be fine being a bit curvaceous in our older age. ;-)
      -Christina

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