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If South Korea did not put such an intense pressure on looking a certain way, then women would feel like they could walk out the door without any makeup, without feelings of unworthiness, and without pressures to get plastic surgery.

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You are worthy simply because you are alive.

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Do you secretly love books that make you cry? Do you visit art galleries and buy tickets to indie flicks on your own? Would you drive 4 hours in a day to go hiking at a nature reserve because you saw a painting of it that you fell in love with?

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At one point, I had accepted that this was my identity forever. A girl incapable of love. A girl undeserving of love.

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Embrace what you got, honey, but work towards a better life for yourself. 

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Beauty is passion and working on something you care deeply about.

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I hope you recognize everything you are on the inside.

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All hail eye cream.

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Take care of yourself. Be kinder to yourself. Make room for yourself every single day. Make time for yourself in your routine, be less passive in the ways you connect with your own soul. Just be gentle with yourself. Learn about yourself, and invest in the things that ignite you and make you feel good — because beauty is both mental and physical, it is something you have to work at each day.

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I hope that when you realize you’re hiding behind your clothes instead of loving how they make you feel, you have the courage to pack them up and begin again.