Day Fifteen: Pay it Forward

[Day 15]: What's the best compliment you've ever received?

The Best compliment I ever received came from a complete stranger. I know that sounds odd, especially considering my boyfriend compliments me all the time, as do friends and family; but I think that’s why the compliment has stuck in my head for so long. It was last year and it was from a girl who was in a tutorial with me and she said “I really like your jacket, it looks awesome”. It’s quite simple and there was nothing special about the compliment but just that feeling of having a compliment come out of no where, I didn’t have to fish for it (like I’ve been known to do sometimes), I didn’t put any extra effort into getting all dressed up for the purpose of being complimented, and I was basically, just sitting there in whatever clothes I had found that morning and that comment turned my day around.

 

I think sometimes we forget to make those nice comments to people just for the sake of being honest and making someone happy. I know my boyfriend gets frustrated when I don’t accept compliments because usually they make me uncomfortable, but at the end of the day, a few nice works can really change a persons day from being subpar/average to being shinier and happier.

Day Three: Clothing

Day Three Prompt: Tell about an article of clothing that you’re deeply attached too.

I don’t think there is any item of clothing that I’m “deeply” attached to. I have a couple of hoodies that are in my memories box that are from High School or from Travelling that has a list of peoples names on the back, and I’d be devastated if I ever lost them but I can’t say that I’m deeply attached to them, because I hardly ever think about them! They are just, in my memory box…so that in 20 years I can boast about the my crazy younger days. Yep, I’m a hoarder, I have every symptom of being a potential hoarder.

I did try going through all of my photos to see if there was an item of clothing that I wore religiously or something that seemed to be a staple item in my wardrobe. I did find that I wore a) a lot of black and b) cardigans or jackets. The thing is, I live in Melbourne – which is usually pretty cold. I’d say 75% of the year, it’s cold or there’s a wind chill factor; basically there is always a reason to be cold here in Melbourne. My wardrobe seriously lacks, everything. I don’t have enough light-weight clothes for the summer and I definitely don’t have enough warm clothes for the winter. When I’m cold, I have to wear anything that I find in my wardrobe that’s clean. This usually means wearing 2 cardigans, a jacket, scarf, pair of gloves and so on and so forth – seriously, I feel the cold very easily. I remember last year when I wasn’t carrying around so much insulation (bodyfat) and suddenly it felt a WHOLE WORLD COLDER.