My 23rd birthday shopping was my biggest eye-opener. My mom and I didn’t have much time, so we had to finish the shopping really quick. Unfortunately, we had to go to several shops, because we could not find anything that fit me well. Even if it did, it made me look so bad. Until that day, I never realised how huge I had become, because it had been a while since I got new clothes. And even if it hit me once in a while, I never bothered about it.
I remember crying inside the trial room, because we were getting late and I just couldn’t find anything that I liked. I had to pick up something and leave the store.
Fast forward 2 years, this birthday, I couldn’t go for my birthday shopping because of the lockdown. I had a shirt that I had got before 5-6 months that I didn’t wear. Since it was new, I decided to wear it. Surprisingly, that shirt was even loose than the time that I had got it.
That day, I thought about how I used to struggle to find new clothes and fit into my old ones. All that drama, just because I was not ready to accept the fact that I was becoming so unhealthy and fat.
A lot has changed after 2018. Never really imagined that there could be so much of a difference in myself- physically, mentally and emotionally.
It’s weird how I could tell a story with my birthday clothes. It’s not the greatest of all, but the greatest story of my life.
If I can, you can too!💙
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