Two days this week. Two days that I got to dress in normal clothes. Put on normal (instead of bad lighting and Microsoft Teams) make-up. And speak to normal (relatively ππ), actual, real life people.
It’s kinda shocking how ‘odd’ that feels after the year we’ve had. And how much I did-not-hate having to get out of the house. Excited to go to the office. Who knew.
What I DID get excited about was getting to wear shoes. Like. NICE shoes. Not fluffy housebound slippers. Or lazy socks. Or quickly slid on flats for ten minutes grocery shopping or ‘just something easy’ to make it from my door to his.
Nope. Yesterday I wore my pretty suede black little boots. And today it’s peeptoes. Sure. Maybe not ENTIRELY work-appropriate but sue me. They were begging me from the shoe drawer under my bed.
HOWEVER.
Hoooooooowever…
The thing about peeptoes, right…
Can you guess? It’s right there in the name after all. Your toes. They peep. Which means that your toenails are going to be visible. And lemme tell you, though I HAVE kept them painted throughout the pandemic (‘naked’ toenails look so freaky)…they haven’t exactly had regular touch-ups.
So this morning I find myself on the couch with 5 minutes before I have to leave – painting ONLY the two visible ones on each foot WITH the shoes already on, to cover various chips and growth. BAM. Feet look spliffy, shoes look great, life is good.
But I know that the rest of my toenails are a mess. I KNOW. Nobody else is going to see that. Nobody else is going to have a clue. I’m going to get compliments on the shoes. And the hair. And the dress. But way down below, hidden in these shoes. I’m a mess.
And that, my dear folks.
That is the strangest but most clear analogy for our mental wellbeing that I’ve ever found while getting dressed.
Because we so often put on a brave mask. We so often look all made up, and put together and well adjusted.
But you never know what’s going under the hood. In that head. Or behind the peeptoes.
So the next time you compliment someone on their shoes. Maybe also compliment them on their soul. They might need that a whole lot more, even when you don’t see it.
Now everybody knows π
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And (because we often unnecessarily obsess over it) nobody cares as much as I probably think they might.
It’s not the end of the world. Hell. They might not even have noticed.
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LOL! Fantastic time saver, might catch on when everyone heads back to the office.
Also, really like what you do with these posts … play with something commonplace, study it until it yields a deeper meaning π
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Haha, yeah!
I’ve always said that’s the goal of my blog…making the ordinary seem extraordinary!
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LOL! We are all guilty of this. Fabulous shoes by the way!
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Haha, if we’re all guilty…can it still be wrong…
And thanksss!!!
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Wow, what an interesting analogy! π
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Thanks!
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Haha, great analogy, youβre always good at them (thatβs how my mind works too hehehe)!
And Iβm one of those good-at-masking peeps…π
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Practice makes perfect, right πΎ
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Beautiful πΉ,I wrote you on Instagram and you haven’t replied yet.
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I wasn’t planning on replying, actually. Random DMs from strangers aren’t my thing.
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So now I have to go shoe shopping. π
Online because lockdown. π΅
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Any excuse for shopping is a good excuse. Especially in a lockdown!
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Great analogy. And you gave me a reason to get dressed today. π
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A reason to get dressed – I’m putting this on my blogs resume! Huzzah!
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I need that kind of peep.
My soul has been lurching towards it all year, like a floating puppy tongue, hovering round a mountain stream.
Or like an over-active imagination looking for an analogy that won’t freak people out.
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People come here for the freaky analogies so that’s an expectancy instead of something to be avoided π lurch away!
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those shoes are cute af on ur feet!! β€οΈπ
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Rawr! My feet say thank you!
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Haha the way you can deliver an important message in a light hearted humorous way : ))
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I try!
Because lifelessons don’t always have to be super serious and gloomy imho!
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I love the analogy and you’re so right… I hope your soul is well π
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It is!
And if it isn’t…it will be!
Hope the same for you!
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Thanks… I hope the week has been kind to you π
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This is brilliant! Hope all is well with your painted toes and hidden souls! C
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I’m pretty sure they’re both doing exceedingly well!
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I love those shoes ! and your analogy. π
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Why thank you, milady!
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I agree, complimenting a person’s soul is much more valuable :). You should be proud of the pragmatism with the toe-nail painting! π
But I wear black suede boots every day π. The same ones, everywhere, all the time π. I swear by wearing black suede footwear everywhere. π².
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Haha – all day erry day?
Yeah, nope. That would leave way to little room for outfit matching and accessorizing and change π
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Yup! Sometimes I end up falling asleep in them π π . Though I do sometimes wear trainers when my feet are tired of boots xD.
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Cute shoes. Iβve done the same with peeptoes…just paint the toenails that are visible. A girlβs gotta do what a girlβs gotta do.
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We’re still lightyears ahead of the yellow-and-chipped foot barbarians, I’d say!
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Wow… that’s deep. I did not see the direction this was going.
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Blam! Surprise depth!
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Pretty amazing shoes!
I like it a lot.
Can give for me one day.
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Thanks!
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Love this one! Right βon the noseβ: βwe so often put on a brave mask. We so often look all made up, and put together and well adjusted.β
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On the nose, hahaha, cause it’s about ‘de neus van de schoen’! Love it!
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Incredible! What a beautiful and apt write up. It resonates, teaches and is humorous. Slots in the lesson when we least expected like the crafty parent slothing in the awful tasting medicine when the child least expected, yes in the slushy. We all have our messy toes.
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What a lovely energetic comment!!
Thank you so much for the very apt comparison ππΎπͺ
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