Why My Accomplishments Never Quiet My Mirror

I’ve survived cancer. I teach at a university. I’ve rebuilt after betrayals and loss. My life, on paper, is a string of hard-won victories. But today, on holiday with the man I love, I watch other women at breakfast and measure myself against them. I can’t stop. My mind inventories every curve, every line, every place I fall short. I know it’s irrational. I know my body has carried me through so much. But the urge to compare is louder than logic. Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever see myself without the filter of not-enough. Or if this is just what living in my skin will always feel like. #BodyCheckChronicles #NotJustAboutTheScale #StillLearning #Health #Diet