How to Glow Up | Ongoing

Hi!

~Hello, dear reader!~

So first off, I'm writing this book to help people, well, glow up. If you don't want to read about my life story or why I'm writing this, feel free to turn to the next chapter and start getting into to all the good stuff! This is just a foreword to explain a few things, and to talk about how I became so knowledgeable. ;)

Tiny Disclaimer: I'm not saying you need to change who you are, and I'm NOT a drop dead gorgeous teen girl who gets ALL the guys, but I've definitely changed over the years, so much so that I feel I can share what I learned with you in hopes that maybe you can feel better about yourself! :)

I spent most of my early life out in the country with my family. I didn't get out a lot and never really learned how to get along with people my age. Which is a problem. When I was around ten years old, my family finally rejoined civilization by moving into a tall brick house in the back of a small neighborhood. As time went on I started to make friends with some of the kids in the neighborhood. I was excited, and a little bit scared to be honest.

At first, everything went great! It was so nice to be able to hang out with other kids all the time! But gradually, My newfound confidence melted away.

I felt so different.

My friends wore colorful shorts and Hannah Montana shirts. They had tons of stuffed animals and play makeup and picture books.

Now, before you ask why the heck I even bother to mention that at all, let me tell you something. And I'll try to tell you quickly.

My parents married very young, and they were both dirt poor. I was born a year later, and a year after I came along my brother was born. I don't remember anything, but for a long time we didn't really have anything other then the absolute necessities. I spent most of my time reading, or helping my mom around the house.

I grew up thinking about how to save money, and my idea of fun was reading my dads old paper copy of Lord of The Rings. I never had a lot of clothes, and my mom could never afford really anything other but thrift store stuff, so I dressed kinda weird. I acted weird. I WAS weird.

So when I finally hung out with other girls from different families, I was shocked. They had so much stuff! And it was so pretty and new! Not at all like the cheap stuff I had. I would lay at night scheming about what I could do to earn money or how to convince my mom to buy me some pretty dresses like my friends had. I could never come up with anything.

Around that time, I fell for a guy. We'll call him George. I adored him. He liked my best friend. It was sooo stupid of me but it was the first time any guy had ever really payed attention to me.

He ended up sleeping with my best friend, who later left me and decided she didn't want to talk to me anymore. Ouch. I cried myself to sleep every night. I was now thirteen and I'm the thick of puberty, and I was so lonely and sad.

I used to get really angry. Why did everyone else get the guy? Why did everyone else have pretty clothes and nice houses and good friends and blah blah blah. It was a quarter life crisis. Then one day I decided I'd had enough.

I was tired of being the girl everyone pitied and that no one liked. I wanted to make all the people who ever did me wrong regret letting me go. It seems kinda laughable, but I was determined to glow the frick up.

Fast forward to present day, I'm now seventeen, and I've had over 100 boys and a few girls crush on me, say they love me, ask me out, etc. ( I'm sorry if that seems boastful, but I want to let you guys know that I've changed. Like, really changed. Also, I used to keep a list so that's how I know it's over 100. I've lost count now.) I'm also modeling for my mother who runs an online store, and people compliment me and ask what agency I work for all the time.

If you are reading this, you probably want to glow up, but let me tell you, there is so much more to growing up then just looking nice, there is more then just getting boys, or girls, to like you. It's about becoming a better person inside, and being happy with who are and what you have.

I started out just wanting to be happy with how I looked, but in the end I realized that I wanted more then anything to be happy with who I am inside.

I want to help you change, and I want to help you realize that you are beautiful right now. That no matter what anyone has ever said or done to you to drag you down or make you sad, you are a gorgeous, and incredible human being. I hope by following along with this book you will come to understand that. I don't really expect a lot of people to read this, but if I can help even one person love who they are and what they see in the mirror, I'll be happy.

Now, let's do THIS!!!!!