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[quote=Anonymous]The letting yourself down vs letting yourself go distinction really hit home. Thanks for making this point.

I've never been anywhere close to the 'ideal' and so I've never thought it was worth all the effort to come even somewhat close.

But I do know that when I feel put together, I have a different energy about me.  In my 40s, I really did let myself go - I had a new skin condition and it really didn't seem worth making an effort.

On the one hand, I think it frees me to know that I'm not ever going to approximate an ideal.  I do think, though, that I let myself down by not caring more about my appearance. I'm not going to start coloring my gray (early 50s), but I can start spending a little more on nicer clothes and making an effort to look less frumpy.

I think it comes down to whether you have the time/energy/finances to do a lot of these things (for example, finding clothes for me has never been easy, I'm 5' and overweight) so for OP, I suggest trying to find the balance of effort and getting the lift in spirit that the effort provides.  Hope that makes sense. Good luck to finding a sense of peace about all of it![/quote]

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