Girl in the Mirror
Playlist and Article by: Andrea Cruzado
“So keep your head up, princess, ‘fore your crown falls. Know these voices in your head will be your downfall”
- Keep Your Head Up Princess by Anson Seabra
We were just little kids playing with cars and Barbie dolls, and then one day we woke up hating ourselves. When did it all start to go wrong? When did we start looking at the mirror and hated the person staring at us?
Insecurities are normal, especially when you are a teenager. Those times when we started comparing ourselves to people in social media, to strangers. Almost everyone has some form of insecurity, whether it’s the shape of your face or the way you smile, and almost everyone has that little voice in their head telling them that they’re not good enough. But as the song above goes, “know those voices in your head will be your downfall”.
Insecurities are hard to ignore. Sometimes we don’t even do it intentionally, it just happens when we look at the mirror and start to pick ourselves apart, especially when there are impossibly high standards to live up to, standards set by society and social media.
But as you’re reading this, I want you to think about how the world would look if everyone had looked the same. If everyone had the same “perfect shaped nose”, if everyone had the “perfect teeth”. It would be boring. There would be no uniqueness, no individuality, because you yourself are unique. Your freckles, your smile, your eyes, they are what sets you apart from everyone else. Because you are beautiful, everyone is beautiful. Those voices in our heads? They are just voices. They can’t do anything, but you can. You can change the world if you want to, but you can only do so if you start believing in yourself, because how would others believe you if you do not believe in yourself?
If you want to sing, sing. If you want to lead, lead. If you want to become the president, then start now. Do not listen to what others say, and do not listen to that little voice in your head telling you you’re not good enough, you’re not smart enough, you’re not pretty enough, because you are enough. You have it all in you, you just have to find it, and embrace it.
My Playlist
This playlist aims to empathize with the different insecurities that most people have, while also empowering them. I believe that it is important to embrace our insecurities, our differences, while overcoming our fear and our self doubt. I hope this playlist serves as a reminder that it’s okay to be a little insecure, a little different, but also a reminder that self love and self acceptance is important, and that it all starts with ourselves.
Listen here! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Rqv6KWXQVWGWBbSTutkf2?si=TDOrijSOQ6K39y5O9dy0PA&pi=u-YfLx9MdNTmex
