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Levelling up looks different to every lady as it is determined by personal goals and motives. Whatever that may be, my best advice is to prioritise the area of improvement that will make the most impact on your level-up. Levelling up is a strategy used to transform one's reality to invite new and more desirable experiences, opportunities and reception. Change is an ongoing occurrence that happens without much conscious effort, however, "Levelling up" is an intentional practice of speeding up change towards desirable goals. Whilst there are different areas of our life we can "level up", this post will focus on physical appearance and presentation.
Human beings are visual creatures and often our presentation determines the types of reception we get from the outside world. Aside from racial biases, most people have an issue with this reality because they think it's an unfair concept. However, visual judgement is performed by all species on the planet as a survival tool. How can one ensure their well-being and survival without first passing judgement? Some people lack social awareness and are ill-informed about the non-verbal cues they send out to their external environment, this is why offence is experienced and it's also an indication of them not utilising their primal instinct. In my opinion, these people are unsafe to be around.
The great news is, we can all use this knowledge to our advantage. There are practical ways to change the reception we get in all social arenas without feeling misconstrued or out of our element. I've had numerous experiences where my presentation has granted me favours. For example, occasions, when I've worn pretty skirts and dresses in public, have seemingly garnered me more respectful, chivalrous and accommodating interactions. I've had doors opened for me, permission to jump ques, items paid for and an all-around positive warm reception.
Since we do not wear our personalities on our persons, so, being strategic about our presentation is a great tool that can express our personality/essence.
When we look good, we feel good and we inspire others.
This statement is undeniable, being that we are visual, the reflection of our improved image in the mirror gives us a confidence boost. This level of confidence we feel is projected out into the world through our upbeat, cheerful and pleasant interactions with others. This has a ripple effect, causing others to positively gravitate towards us to sample our feel-good warm energy. How can anyone fault the notion of levelling up? The less we protest against human nature, the more we experience nature working in our favour.
Developing a Shopping Strategy
Levelling up on a budget is made easy when we focus on improving our physical body. I believe that we make outfits look good and not the other way around. The opposite perspective is what drives our need to splurge on fashion pieces. Most of the time we purchase designer and branded goods to appease other women, I say this because straight men are none the wiser when it comes to brands. I like designer goods myself but as I am very big on prioritising necessities over luxury, I rather attain them through gifts and only if I am absolutely in love with an item that I just simply cannot do without. Thrifting for pre-loved pieces is a great strategy to adopt. Items in thrift stores tend to be made with high-quality materials and some are vintage pieces which prove their longevity.
My past shopping approach used to consist of purchasing more for less. However, I quickly learnt that many of the items I had purchased lacked quality and had very short life spans. So, I adopted a new strategy which has become a game-changer for my bank, wardrobe and environment. This strategy is called quality over quantity. By minimising excessive consumption of fast fashion, It's a great habit to only buy quality staple pieces in colours that complement your unique skin tone. Being mindful of complementary colours, styles and shapes promote the likelihood of always looking levelled up even whilst running errands.
Take Care of Your Garments
Textile care instructions are placed on items to maintain quality and longevity. However, most of us ignore these instructions not realising that we are hurting our pockets by doing so. From personal experience, I've noticed that drying clothes using the dryer with heat creates holes, bubbles, and weakening of materials. As a result, I have been air drying or cool drying in the dryers. Building our wardrobe capsule whilst being mindful of these strategies reduces our need to shop. This is because quality increases the lifespan of our wardrobe. whilst the flattering colours, styles and shapes offer a greater chance of wear-ability.
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End Point
The overall concept of levelling up is having the confidence to believe that you are capable of change and evolution at any point in your life. Change is inspired by the thoughts we have about our current state in comparison to our desired state. This is where goals and aspirations are developed to manifest specified motions geared towards that change.
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