tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773052274171102646.post5661780031358750269..comments2023-05-24T04:05:19.000-07:00Comments on Girls on the Run: "Set 'Em Free"Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17581370500330701074noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773052274171102646.post-53369123598200705842010-08-20T20:04:57.862-07:002010-08-20T20:04:57.862-07:00Thinking is the problem isn't it? Thanks for ...Thinking is the problem isn't it? Thanks for the reminder!Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17581370500330701074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773052274171102646.post-76294257102482573342010-08-20T08:51:40.661-07:002010-08-20T08:51:40.661-07:00Get over it and don't think so much!Get over it and don't think so much!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773052274171102646.post-10710987312647507492010-08-13T13:10:22.141-07:002010-08-13T13:10:22.141-07:00This post completely inspired me to make a big cha...This post completely inspired me to make a big change. :) I wrote about it here: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/outside-the-girl-box/2010/08/its-just-hair.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773052274171102646.post-76483442354125704292010-08-12T19:51:22.448-07:002010-08-12T19:51:22.448-07:00I recently spent two years in the Peace Corps and ...I recently spent two years in the Peace Corps and discovered the joy of not having mirrors everywhere. As I struggle to find my happy morning routine (a compromise between my simple developing world routine and my previous America routine), this post really rang true to me, Molly. Thanks for drawing attention to an issue that continues to be a struggle for so many women (be that to maintain or to restrain from the societal expectations of female upkeep!) <br />I love how you inspire so many, regardless of whether you've put on your mascara. ;)Beckynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773052274171102646.post-31414511035668409442010-08-09T19:56:54.703-07:002010-08-09T19:56:54.703-07:00Guy on the Run...just so you know, you have brough...Guy on the Run...just so you know, you have brought tears to my eyes...and Ashley! You are connecting dots that we, as empowered women, we must always connect. Thank you for sharing!Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17581370500330701074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773052274171102646.post-48985479404348820552010-08-09T17:21:50.769-07:002010-08-09T17:21:50.769-07:00Beautiful post with a beautiful message. I just wr...Beautiful post with a beautiful message. I just wrote a post about eating like a child - intuitively and with wonder, free of restriction. I hadn't thought about living like a child as well. I've often thought in the past, usually when I'm running late and stressed that my hair straightener keeps shutting off, that the "morning ritual" may be in some ways a means of holding women back in our patriarchal society. I realize this might seem the notion of an extreme feminist, but if we consider what we could do with all the lost time we devote to "primping", we could change the world even more.Ashley @ Nourishing the Soulhttp://www.nourishing-the-soul.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773052274171102646.post-91889811865057782822010-08-08T11:38:07.656-07:002010-08-08T11:38:07.656-07:00Wow, I almost skipped over this post, just because...Wow, I almost skipped over this post, just because, hey I am guy and this was a "girls" post. What it did is made me realize first that there is a huge "Boy Box" as well, now we dont have to deal with Mascara, Bra's and uncomfortable shoes, we do deal with Image. especially being a business owner and living in an affluent area. We care about how others see us, how we act in a social setting, what our neighbor's, colleagues, and friends think of us, especially the "guys" When I first volunteered with GOTR, I didn't mention it to the "guys" or was low key about it. One thing. I overcame that hurdle, when I realized that if I keep myself in that box, I will always try to be someone I am not. and will waste my life away, trying to be what I think is accepted by others. Just remember, you can wear the perfect mascara, bra and shoes, have your hair done up a certain way, and there will be at least one or two people that think you look bad. we were not put on this earth to people please. I think we are created to inspire one another, feel comfortable with one another and be helpers to one another in this race called life. My beautiful 11 year old daughter Lianna, has helped me to see that boxes were made to be broken. From an early age, she would mix and match styles and ask for our approval, I came from a very image conscious family and would get criticized for wearing jeans to a social function, so you can imagine the boxes I had to break out of. so my daughter says, her fashion style is unique, she blends styles, that breaks the common "fashion magazine's" dictations of what style should be and yet, everyone seems to like her eclectic style. She also forgets to brush her hair on purpose some days, she is a true out of the box girl. I have and am still learning to hold my tongue back and just smile and celebrate her uniqueness.She is teaching me so much through her pure unbridled spirit. So I don't shave every day! i wear the same outfit for a couple of days, providing it is clean, and I hop and skip in the supermarket with my kids and make up parody songs to the Black Eye Pea's "I got a feeling" I love watching "grownups" reactions out of the corner of my eye. some have a look of disgust, but for the most part, they all have a look of longing to be free like I am!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703272066670532324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773052274171102646.post-1048584290611309662010-08-08T06:51:04.049-07:002010-08-08T06:51:04.049-07:00Hi Molly, I'm glad you felt comfortable enough...Hi Molly, I'm glad you felt comfortable enough to hug me at the Garmin event in Chicago! I'm the mom who started crying when I told you about how meaningful GOTR is for me and my daughter. Then you took the time to explain to my daughter that my tears were actually happy tears! We are all going to Lollapalooza today and I will jump, skip and dance just like my 9 year old daughter! Planning on having a grand time! Thanks!Dolly D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773052274171102646.post-15619563948903564212010-08-06T19:44:03.665-07:002010-08-06T19:44:03.665-07:00Beautiful commentary and plays right into the noti...Beautiful commentary and plays right into the notion of "evolution." To allow others (and myself) to be in whatever space they occupy...to explore, choose, challenge and grow. While my choices have certainly changed over the years, the essence of me...the soul of me has remained ever constant and beautiful just because it is... Thank you for sharing.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17581370500330701074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-773052274171102646.post-87860521752244272602010-08-06T18:49:17.150-07:002010-08-06T18:49:17.150-07:00Changing *whatever* has been one's box is the ...Changing *whatever* has been one's box is the challenge in becoming more yourself. <br /><br />For me, that has meant taking *more* care in the ways you describe letting go, because the only "beauty routine" I followed was to wash my face with aloe-infused baby wipes and Chapstick with SPF 30. <br /><br />Trying new products has been a nurturing experience that I had boxed myself into believing were "frivolous," "selfish," "unnecessary," a waste of money and/or time I should be spending on practical things or things that "matter." Or somehow meant something about the nature of my identity.<br /><br />But I've come to believe if it matters to you, and it makes you feel better, that's where your authenticity lies. And it may change at different times in our lives. The questions, I think: Does it lift you up rather than bind or restrict you? Is it coming from inside vs. outside? The answers may mean scaling back thoughts about beauty and use of cosmetics, products or cultural fashion and body "standards. Or, it may conversely mean allowing oneself forays into "beauty" without buying into ideas that doing so (or not) means any particular thing about you (me) as a person or personality.<br /><br />I applaud people who risk change, of any kind, and the self-evaluation and growth that is nearly necessarily inherent in the "new" or "different." Not better; not worse ... just differently suited for different people at different times in their lives, and that's the beauty of choice :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com