Be The Girl That You Admire
Thankfully I have some beautifully talented readers to take up the slack when I feel like I need a holiday from blogging! Corrine ever so kindly stepped up to the plate with this gem today and I’ll bet it’s something we can all relate to. I have girl crushes on so many of you btw. x
By Corrine, www.frockandrollonline.com
Have you ever experienced a ”girl crush”? You have? EXCELLENT! I can now dedicate what WOULD have been an entire paragraph on definitions to instead discussing possibly more important things, like ice-cream. Gosh, I love ice-cream.
Okay, enough fooling around already! (Or Ms Constantine will surely never let me guest post here again.) Coined to describe ”feelings of admiration and adoration which a girl has for another girl, without wanting to shag said girl. A nonsexual attraction, usually based on veneration at some level” (why thank-you, Urban Dictionary!), it’s likely that you’ve spent some time with the emotion if you’ve ever marvelled at a friend’s amazing ability to style herself, coveted her phenomenal skill at attracting men folk or found yourself remarking ”why can’t I be just like her?!” in reference to a female acquaintance.
While it can almost sound like a negative experience, actually? It’s not. At ALL. In fact, it can even serve as an amazing opportunity to harness the EXACT fabulous qualities that you’d like to possess for yourself. For example, if you’re green with envy over another girl’s seemingly perfect physique, why not use the situation as pure inspiration to develop an exercise routine of your own that you’ll love? If it’s Jessica’s astounding social circle that has you feeling a little begrudging, why not work the issue to your best advantage by deciding to improve your own friendships? If it’s Ashley’s dazzling smile that you hold in such high regard, why not practice being as happy, friendly and charming as possible, and beam at everyone that you see?
Conjure up the very image of your personal girl crush, or think of the most fascinating female that you know. What is it about her that makes her so mesmerising and truly delightful, and more importantly, what can you learn from her?
Whether it’s something that you want to establish immediately, or would like to incorporate as part of your 2010 resolutions, light up the room. Astonish everyone around you with your sparkling conversation skills. Thrill with your kind demeanour. Enchant with your sense of humour. BE the very girl that you admire the most, and watch as you blossom into the very best version of yourself that you can possibly be.
Corrine blogs about fashion, self improvement, and everything in between at her cleverly named blog Frock and Roll.
6 Responses to “Be The Girl That You Admire”
What a lovely post! I’m a huge advocate of girl crushes, and have too many at any given time. Corrine made some wonderful points though, about using our girl crushes to identify aspects of ourselves and incorporating in to our daily lives…imagine a world of girls who should ALL be crushed on!
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Ah yes, completely agree! I have a few girl crushes that I look up to always, and try to incorporate the qualities that I love about them into my life (appearance wise or personality wise) until I find out where I’m most comfortable and just merge them with my own qualities. Like a mix and match, yay!
Great post.
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Corrine, your post rocks! Girl Crushes are awesome. I always use them to look closely at the person and see what exactly it is I admire and how I can incorporate that feature into my own life.
One caveat though – from a girl who had someone crush on her to the point that this girl because dangerously obsessive and unstable, and the police were nearly involved – don’t lose yourself. Don’t try and BE somebody else or rely on somebody else’s life to make you happy. That’s not healthy girl-crushing :(
You’re awesome because you are YOU, and I don’t want little Steff clones running around :) For one thing, all the sausage rolls would get eaten before I could get to them.
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Thank-you very much for your lovely comments, everyone! It was a pleasure to write for you all! :)
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Lovely entry!
I have many “girl crushes”. Most of my girlfriends I guess..
I have my new years resolutions as well as weekly resolutions too.
When I think about it I pretty much have crushes on ALL my friends. For their own little reasons. I wouldn’t hang out with them if I didn’t love them! I get lots of inspiration from everyone I hang out with
x
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And thank you Corrine for writing something so great and fitting for Cupcakes and Mace!
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