My Teenage Self

Rockin' the high waist!

This morning I read an ad that said, “What would your teenage self think of who you have become today?” The ad was intended to shame us into improving our looks assuming our younger selves had higher hopes than we have achieved.

Maybe I’m not the only one, but the ad had the opposite effect on me. I had a lovely “A-ha” moment because the ad help me realize my teenage self was really pleased with who I had become. She was really impressed and glowing with pride with the grown-up me.

It had never occured to me before. Yup, advertising works, just not always the way it was intended!