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Selfie-Self-Conscious

8/17/2017

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I've never taken a selfie of just myself until this week. I've never made a picture of just me, alone, my profile picture on Facebook. I don't think it came from a place of insecurity... but I have noticed one of my eyes is noticeably bigger than the other.  Perhaps I was avoiding filling your computer screen with my disproportionate eyes.  Then I started this project, and I had to get over it.  That's also good for me because I plan on practicing my selfie skills with the kids, and I'd like to have more pictures of me with them.  

Lastly, I think I need to take selfies to get a real view of how I present myself every day.  Like those brief glimpses in the bathroom mirror, they allow me to see what others see every day.  Do I look happy?  Do I look pulled together?  I think it will be easier to evaluate if I take pictures.
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So, today was my first real attempt at taking selfies in the Target dressing room. Not as easy as it looks! I was so consumed with figuring out angles that I'm not sure I paid much attention to the clothes, and I look charmingly perplexed in almost every shot.
But I did it.
And now, to be brave since I clearly have to share pictures to have this blog, here are some outtakes from my first "photo shoot" :)
In case you're wondering, I bought:
And now that I'm looking at my outtakes, I wish I'd also brought home:
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