I’ve been vindicated yet again in my focus on fashion.
I’m going to tell you about a truly inspirational book that Rachel Roy–a premier fashion designer–wrote titled Design Your Life.
How much do I love this book? Let me quote the ways by quoting Rachel Roy. My intent is to get you to buy this book and use it as a reference guide.
You think focusing on how you dress is foolish, frivolous, or unnecessary?
Here goes Roy at the start of the book:
“There is so much we wish to accomplish, so much we place on ourselves to achieve, and what I know to be true is that every circumstance, every situation that has been put in front of us, is there to teach us something about the person we are meant to become. What I also know to be true is that we are in control of how we respond to each situation, therefore we create our life based on our choices.”
Roy ends the book with this ammunition:
“Despite the dated principles and more we may have been taught to internalize, we do not have to be everything to everyone, and we do not have to sacrifice who we are in order to make others happy. We just have to be exceptional at pursuing our passions and be 100 percent authentic to ourselves in every aspect of our lives–take the risk of actually being you.”
I rest my case now and forever. Design Your Life: Creating Success Through Personal Style is a delight to read–at least it was for me.
In the next blog entry I hope to post here on Tuesday morning I will write about having been in remission for 25 years now.
Absolutely true story:
The first thing I did when I got out of the hospital in 1987 was go shopping at the local Macy’s.
Stay tuned on Tuesday when I open the long-ago closet doors to reveal what I bought. One item I still own 30 years later.
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