Y’all know that I’m into CrossFit (BTW: Free CrossFit Central UTB & Indoor workouts (capped at 30 ppl) this Saturday! Here to RSVP for gym or get info on UTB or email Alicia at aliciagolinghorst@crossfitcentral.com), but I’m pretty quiet about what I’m gaining from it, how hard it is on some days, and so on. Not so for an awesome friend of mine, Melissa Joulwan. She runs the witty, gritty, self-aware, poignant blog The Clothes Make the Girl.
Besides being an all-around badass for what she does–CrossFit, running, roller derby, making music, playing in bands–I admire her most for what she doesn’t do: she doesn’t hesitate to be herself. For all her writing about working on accepting who she is, I can’t name someone who is more in tune with herself than Mel. She’ll tell you how she almost quit something and didn’t; she’ll tell you if she almost quit something and did. She’s refreshingly honest and sincere. I adore her fast-paced writing style, and I get motivation and inspiration from her words.
I am now enrolled in her 100 Pushup Challenge, a challenge that is taken from the site Hundred Pushups but completely Mel-ified by adding in a team/accountability aspect. By the end of 6 weeks, 30+ of “us” will be on our way to doing 100 consecutive pushups. I’m thrilled, and it’s one of those things I think I want to do but never actually DO –until someone like Mel comes along.
So add her blog to your RSS or click her link on the side of my page every day, whatever it takes to get you there–reading The Clothes Make the Girl will make you more self-aware, and, in turn, more self-confident. Thanks, Mel!
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