Style Matters
For some, style and the garments that one wears, is often viewed as a superficial thing and not given much care, but let’s discuss why this stance can have a hindering effect on your journey to becoming the Better You. Your style is uniquely you and gives off an important signal to the world around you, but most importantly, to yourself. Style, not to be confused with fashion, is so much more than articles of clothing. Style is a reflection of one's inner being. It is a non-verbal outward display of who you are and the work that you’ve put forth through your development. It elevates your confidence serving as a reminder of the mindful space for reflection and discipline you’ve crafted. Style signals your values and establishes boundaries around whom you’ve curated yourself into.
As you reflect on the life you want to live, refined yourself through discipline and have actually done the inner work, it’s appropriate for this to be projected to you as one of the many physical manifested changes in your life. Perhaps, part of your refinement process consisted of attending the gym more consistently which may have created changes in your physical appearance which you’re proud of. This, too, plays into your style and appearance. Your old style will no longer work. The garments, the manner in which you carried yourself, are the old ways, but now you are working on becoming or have become the Better You. How can this be expressed? Your mentality, work ethic, and appearance are all now different. You notice this change and while not fully important, others notice as well. This is the Resonance phase. While the Reflection and Refinement phases can be serious, maybe even dark at times through the inescapable brutal honesty and work it demands of oneself, Resonance can be a much more enjoyable phase.
The confidence that is given through styling yourself is an added bonus. The care and attention to detail you’ve given shows that you care. It can reflect how you control your time enough to slow things down and pay close attention to details. You’re able to view life from a different angle, a different perspective from others. Your own perspective. There is a story there; one to be admired. This comes across quietly or boldly during the right moments. Your style rests confidently on those moments you’ve spent reshaping who you are. You carry this within you and this confidence comes to the forefront. Your story becomes an outward display to the world. A story that you can be proud of. Your story is ever evolving, always growing, in the right direction. You’re on the right path. You are naturally you. Your walk, conversations, demeanor, and appearance have all made the shift through your choice of making the right adjustments in your life.
Your transcendence has elevated your values and established boundaries to keep you aligned. These boundaries are guard rails for you and others. Due to your change, inwardly and outwardly, how you are viewed and approached will also become different. There’s a certain respect that is given from the world, but again, this isn’t as important as the respect that you have given yourself. Your style can show the world what you are and are not willing to tolerate without ever saying a word. It is understood. It shows that you have value, boundaries, and have cared for yourself enough to put in the work. Style communicates that you respect yourself enough to be intentional. Accepting that style matters is the acceptance that you matter.
Your style enters the room before you, expressing the story of an individual who is confident, has values, is valued, and believes in evolving to a Better version of themselves before ever uttering a single word. You feel this. Your style is carried with duty, honor, and respect for yourself. You carry it as your presence radiates throughout every room that you enter, leaving a mark long after you’ve gone. Long before you speak, your life has already begun the conversation.
