Welcome back to Advice Session, a series here on Anything Goes where you send in your current

dilemmas or anything that you want advice on, and then I give you my own professional advice,

and today's topic is a tricky one. It's a tricky one because compared to all the other topics

I've discussed on Advice Session, I really struggle with this one, more than all the other topics. This is

something I really don't have all figured out, and I don't claim to have anything all figured out.

I'm a student of life. I'm learning more every day. I'm never going to have things all

figured out. But in particular, I really don't have this one figured out.

However, I've come a long way.

I grew up in the age of social media.

I got Instagram in middle school.

I've been comparing myself to people on social media since I was 10 years old.

I've dealt with the beauty standards that have been pushed onto us from social media

since my brain was literal prepubescent mush.

You know, like this is, I developed on the internet.

I developed with internet-induced beauty standards.

I grew up in the age of the beauty filter. I grew up in the age of the beauty filter.

I grew up in the age of cosmetic surgeries becoming normalized to the point where they are the

beauty standard. This is all I know. And that's not to say that prior to the internet, prior to

social media, beauty standards weren't incredibly challenging to deal with and equally as horrible.

I'm not saying that at all. I think it was just different.

I briefly interrupt this episode to let you know that this episode is presented by the ordinary.

Self-care is important, but it can be super expensive, right?

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