As long as I can remember , I’ve always hoped, wanted and known that I’d be tall. I was already 5 feet 4 by the time I was 10 and everyone else expected me to be tall. I was already taller than most of my female cousins and people had told me that I wasn’t supposed to stop growing till I was 21. Amazing right?
This growth then carried on for a few year and harboured high hopes regarding my height. I had visioned of becoming a model, an insanely rich one, and be perfect in almost all ways possible. I knew my projected height would've assisted in my dream. But the opposite had happened. I’m 18 and I’ve only managed to grow an inch in the past 8 long years. How depressing!
Basking in Bitterness
I completely stopped growing when I hit puberty. Instead, I had started to grow horizontally. My body began to store all the good I consumed around my thighs and I concluded with the most disproportionate body ever. To think I had ever dreamed of becoming a model. I barely look good on my selfies let along any picture. These days, I like to refer to myself as a mushroom because of my resemblance to it – ugly looking but at the same time cute and delicious ;)
There's a fine line of that distinguishes self loathing and realisations- this is not me loathing myself but realising. My brain always envisions of perfect scenarios and then proceeds to see it crumble. I used to have flawless pimple-free skin, silky string-like hair and a good metabolism to digest my never-ending eating habits. But all of this changed as I entered puberty. My hair started growing coarse and my face was dotted with pimples. My skin transformed into a hybrid of oily and super dry. And I starting packing pounds like crazy! My dreams of becoming a model had gone down the drain and yet here I am, pursuing another of my dreams; to be honest it isn’t working out as I imagined it to be.
I have two dreams that I want to perceive- travelling and writing. And I'm falling short on both. Australia turned out to be a tad bit more expensive that I had anticipated and my English is nearly next to horrible. These two things have brought me crashing down from my cloud nine that I lived in a couple of months ago back at Nepal. Though I have begun working, it still isn't enough. Turns out things are always easier said than done; I learned it the harsh way. I've barely managed to make a couple of friends from my university; my social life's a disaster! At times, I want to pack my bags and head out to the country of my dreams, France. But I'm also aware that Europe is twice as expensive as Australia, especially if I am to live on my own income. I'm hoping the budgeting I'll be learning in my years here will be ample practice for the years to come.
My verdict?
I have realised that life is not what I hoped it would be. Nothing close to what I had envisioned at all! It’s not all unicorns and butterflies.I was not born perfect; I groom myself to be perfect. But that doesn’t mean I should stop trying. It just means that the world hasn’t had enough of my efforts of achieving that image perfect body. I shall work on my writing till I can command words the way I'd like to. And I’ll grab a book, start reading and dream about travelling all over again.
Isn’t it almost sadistic to know that not everyone is having a perfect life? Jk… this was supposed to be an introduction to my perfectly imperfect life (oxymoronic much? ). And a head start to whoever wants to follow my blog. Constructive criticisms are welcome, heck I’ll love you for taking the time to criticise my work.
P.S. A random thought, if I were to ever pick a superpower, it would be to shit liquid gold. I could save the world by being completely human, batman style.