A perfect Brazilian

I have had a very indulgent, and overdue weekend. I indulged in pain--the pain of a Brazilian and the pain of a Facial. As my new BFF at the Salon told me, "well, its not going to kill you". Tears aside I bravely endured these services, and let me tell you, the price of beauty is very expensive. Now, my new BFF is one excellent sales person: I went in for a routine (okay its been 2 years) bikini wax and within 30 minutes I had taken a trip to Brazil, my eyebrows were shaped, and I had an appointment for a much needed custom facial at 10:00 the next morning. She said she wanted to make me perfect. Its going to take a lot more than hot wax to turn me into the perfect version of me, but I wonder am I ready to try?

Now perfect is a term I use lightly. I do not use it to insinuate that I want to be the most perfect person in the entire world by any traditional standard. Instead, I use it to mean that I want to be the most perfect version of myself according to myself. Obviously this idea of perfection correlates directly to personal goals and to the idea of achieving the elusive happiness. I hate the idea of goal setting as I rarely have much follow through...but maybe I am ready to be my better version. A few of the better version goals I want to accomplish:

-Diet and exercise. This is a big one as I am a very low energy person--if I ate right and exercised I would probably feel as a whole, a lot more awake, energetic, and positive.
-Beauty maintenance. I was way overdue for my wax jobs, and I really have never invested in healthy skin...I want to routinely take care of both as I think it will improve my overall confidence.
-Friendships. I want to develop new friendships, foster and cultivate my current friendships, and make peace with ghosts of friendships past.
-Interests. I want to develop new interests such as cooking or art or dance classes or sports or ... I want to be busy and active by developing and participating in new outlets.

Anyway, these are just a few of the areas in my life that I want to improve. There are surely more as I have a lot of work to do in my overall job satisfaction and financial health, but all good things come in time. Good things have come my way and I am feeling very happy. And not to brag but Jordan just called via his vacation destination and invited me over tomorrow night after work. Yea!

Now my life is on what I consider to be an upswing, but ask me 7 months ago and I was experiencing a desperate and lonely low. Today, two things I know for sure, everything is cyclical, and everybody goes through these either happy or stressful or difficult times. I think that the best way to get through our good times and our bad is to surround ourselves with people who care about us, and to reach out and celebrate or commiserate or silently comfort and to always love one another. That investment in soulmates is the completion of a perfect self. XOXO.