Photo Shoot Reboot

These days, reboots are old hat.  From "Fuller House" to "The Conners" to "Will & Grace" to "BH 90210," everything old is new again and there's no such thing as closing the door.  So I decided to crack my own open.

Years ago, I used to regularly post pictures of myself in a -- segment?  column?  feature?  Let's just be honest and say vanity piece -- that I called Photo Shoot Friday.  And then I felt weird about it and stopped.  I even went so far as to delete (almost) all those posts.  Afterwards, I felt as if a weight had been lifted -- no more hanging around in my outfit until the husband got home to take the pictures, no more worrying that the outfits weren't good enough.  Then, this past winter, I gradually started getting back into it.  I'd be wearing an outfit I really liked and think, I want to be able to look at this years from now -- and, yeah, maybe let the world look at it, too.  So I did and it's been more fun this time because 1) I'm in a house and have more space to work with (although this first pic was taken at my parents'.  You know I can't keep flowers like those!)  and 2) I'm more relaxed.  I don't post the pics on a schedule (or any at all that I'm not reasonably happy with!), but instead just when I feel like it.  And I try not to obsess that they're not polished enough or high res enough but instead accept all their imperfections -- real or imagined -- because they're mine. 

Also, maybe the outfits are getting better, or maybe I am.  Or maybe it's a little of both.  If there's one thing I've learned in the ten years that I've been doing this, it's that the older I get, the wiser I get, and the more like myself I become.

I hear that Tori Spelling feels the same.