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For International Women’s Day last year, I wrote a post about my twelve favourite women. Some of those women are
no longer in my life so I considered writing a up-to-date one but then, I
thought that it might be nice to write something a little different this year. After
all, I sing the praises of my favourites so often that I don’t think there are any
words left in the world that I haven’t used, to describe and thank them.
So, this year I wanted to focus on
some of the ways that people – though women are the focus today - can support
one another:
1.
No pressure
With social media being everywhere
at the moment, it’s become a very influential platform and the old saying of ‘sticks
and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me’ is becoming less and
less true. We’re always inundated with criticisms and the goals for weight,
style, health, relationships, etc. are constantly changing. Just when you think
you’ve achieved something, it seems that there’s someone there to better it and
leave you feeling inferior and insufficient. I think that one of the greatest awareness’s
you can gain in life is the insight that there’s consequences for your words and
actions. But there needs to be a balance between pressuring a person into being
someone they’re not and encouraging a person to grow, develop and take on new
challenges.