Listen To This If You Hate Being Tall | Confidence Tips for Tall Girls

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[00:00:30] Finals week is basically upon us. Okay, I'm it's it's it's the final countdown if you will.

[00:00:37] I'm in my last two weeks I believe before wow.

[00:00:43] I'm literally like in my last two weeks of so much chaos and work and all of that before

[00:00:50] I can just chill out before graduation and I honestly don't know okay so I'm recording

[00:00:57] this before like the most hectic week of the semester starts so I don't know how I'm doing

[00:01:05] right now currently when this episode is up Thursday morning but I'm hoping I'm doing well.

[00:01:11] By the time this is up I will be doing a challenge over on my Instagram.

[00:01:15] Since this entire week is going to be horrible I need some way to motivate myself. So every

[00:01:22] single day I'm going to be posting about my finals week journey on my stories.

[00:01:27] Now if you follow me on Instagram I'm not the best with stories okay. I'm good with posting

[00:01:33] consistently posting when I need a post to respond it well I'm okay with responding to

[00:01:38] comments and DMs but those that is like much better than my stories game because all I

[00:01:45] really do is repost and maybe like put up some sunset pictures. I feel like I could do more.

[00:01:52] I was doing so well with that last semester but this semester well last semester even the previous

[00:01:58] semester but this semester was just that was difficult. So I'm going to do this challenge

[00:02:05] where I post every day I'm going to post about my finals journey hopefully there's

[00:02:10] going to be a lot of what's happening in my life on there. So instead of me reposting my posts and

[00:02:17] posting sunset pictures I'm going to try to just I don't know show you guys what I do on the

[00:02:23] daily for the week especially during finals. I really want to do this to hold myself accountable

[00:02:28] and keep myself motivated. I feel like if there's I'm going to be like oh okay for me to post

[00:02:34] something I actually have to do something since it's related to finals. So I feel like this is a

[00:02:41] good way to hold myself accountable and keep myself motivated. So you guys should follow me

[00:02:48] on Instagram follow along. Should I try to do it on TikTok too? I literally never do TikTok

[00:02:55] stories as well. I'm gonna try to do it on TikTok too just follow me at a tall girls podcast

[00:03:01] and if you have finals right now we'll be doing finals together. So follow me at a tall girls podcast

[00:03:07] and let's go through finals together and if I actually don't keep the challenge up for a week

[00:03:11] like from Monday to Monday to Monday Monday to Tuesday my last day of classes is on the 15th

[00:03:19] so I have about a week and a half but this week in particular is going to be the worst week

[00:03:23] but then the following week there's going to be some stuff coming up as well so screw it

[00:03:28] I'm gonna do at least Monday to Friday at least Monday to Friday and see how that goes so

[00:03:34] stay tuned for that. Today we're going to be talking about confidence well like an aspect of

[00:03:40] confidence okay summer is almost here the weather is getting warmer and warmer by the day think

[00:03:46] goodness the sun the sun is officially setting at 8 30 p.m. It's basically summer right now if

[00:03:52] you think about it and this summer the summer of 2024 we need to be our best selves okay well to be

[00:03:59] honest we should be our best selves all year round but I feel like in the winter it's a little bit

[00:04:06] understandable if you're not feeling 110% or even 50% because you know the weather gets us down

[00:04:16] and it's cold and we just want to lay in our beds and just contemplate our life decisions

[00:04:21] which is understandable but this summer summer in general like that is unacceptable like we need

[00:04:28] to be outside this summer and now that we're transitioning into the summer I think that

[00:04:34] it's time to just get rid of a lot of the toxic habits that we probably have had during the

[00:04:41] fall and winter season and one of those toxic habits is probably self-talk because negative

[00:04:47] self-talk plays a big big role in our confidence and in our self-esteem oh I'm too tall for those

[00:04:55] heels I wish I was shorter I'm intimidating others with my height I'm sure as tall women we've had

[00:05:01] our fair share of negative self-talk so today I will be providing tips and tricks on how to combat

[00:05:06] that I need you to ask yourself why do you dislike being tall is it because you don't feel

[00:05:12] comfortable with your height or is it because it's causing certain health problems we need to

[00:05:16] determine if you actually dislike your height or it's just an inconvenience at times I personally

[00:05:23] feel like we are quick to say that we hate things when they're just inconvenient at times or

[00:05:30] they're frustrating just as an example I tend to say sometimes that I hate New York City but

[00:05:36] that's more so when there are certain aspects of it that are annoying to me or frustrating for me

[00:05:46] like when the mta is growing up because if you live in New York City you know how crusty the mta can be

[00:05:52] or if it's really noisy here and I'm trying to concentrate on something and I need quiet because

[00:05:57] of simple things like that I tend to say I hate New York City but New York City hasn't actually

[00:06:03] done anything bad to me obviously is different when you're tall but the negative words and

[00:06:09] the negative attributes that we associate with our heights that we associate with being tall

[00:06:14] tend to affect how we see ourselves and how we see our height and can sometimes lead us to say

[00:06:21] at times oh I hate being tall hated a strong word I dislike being tall but truth be told

[00:06:28] being tall isn't actually that bad sure we can't easily find clothes that fit us sure we

[00:06:35] may trip over our own feet and accidentally smack people in the face but being tall hasn't actually

[00:06:43] done anything bad to us oh my gosh did I ever tell you guys that I accidentally smacked my middle

[00:06:48] school teacher in the face long story short we were playing a game of volleyball in gym class

[00:06:54] and you know I went to go hit the ball and I guess I tripped over air because I started to

[00:07:03] fall and I guess my gym teacher was trying to save me from falling and as dramatic as this sounds

[00:07:09] my legs were flailing everywhere my arms were flailing everywhere and I literally smacked the

[00:07:15] gym teacher in the face and it left a mark I hope she's doing okay today that really wasn't my

[00:07:22] proudest moment but anyways let's not fall off track here I think it's just really important

[00:07:26] for you to understand whether being tall is just sometimes sometimes an inconvenience or if

[00:07:32] it's actually an issue that's a technique that I actually learned in one of my entrepreneur

[00:07:36] shift classes so shout out to my design and innovation professor so an inconvenience is

[00:07:42] really just something that is annoying to you is frustrating to you but it's something that can

[00:07:47] actually be solved it's just going to take more work than what you're actually putting in

[00:07:51] so examples of inconveniences related to being tall is like not being able to find pants that

[00:07:58] are long enough or constantly having to bend down to get things off of the ground or low shelves

[00:08:05] or people asking you silly questions like oh how's the weather up there or do you play basketball

[00:08:10] or if they're asking you to get something off the top shelf whereas a problem is something that

[00:08:14] could actually be like detrimental to you like whether it's your physical or mental or emotional

[00:08:20] health or financial health even so an example is like that tall basketball player that seven

[00:08:27] foot a high school basketball player that fell off the planet wherever he is you can tell that when

[00:08:32] he's running up and down that court on those videos he's in literal pain that's an actual issue or if

[00:08:38] people are like bullying you constantly every single day to the point where it actually like

[00:08:45] affects your mental health affects how you see yourself and your and your confidence and you

[00:08:50] just don't want to go to school and be around them because you don't want to face that that

[00:08:54] I also consider it to be an actual problem so determining which side of that spectrum you're on

[00:08:59] determining how you feel in that sense it's kind of important to determine if you actually you

[00:09:05] know hate your height but also is kind of important to take what other people say with

[00:09:11] a grain of salt because I feel like negative self-talk also comes from that outside it also

[00:09:18] comes from what other people say and it's kind of you believing that they're right like let's say

[00:09:24] something about goofy oh people are calling you goofy people chronicles see was goofy and you're

[00:09:29] just telling yourself I am goofy they are right I am goofy what people say can definitely play a

[00:09:34] big part in the negative self-talk just know that what they say about others and how they treat

[00:09:39] others is ultimately a reflection of themselves and it's not personal and you know I'm not gonna

[00:09:45] lie to you even the good comments can sometimes make you feel some type of way there are times where

[00:09:50] people say I wish I was as tall as you or I absolutely love your height is it bad that

[00:09:57] sometimes when I hear those things it just doesn't make me feel any better about being tall

[00:10:03] like it really just doesn't do anything for me either way it's important that people's words

[00:10:08] should not affect the words that are being said in your head and it's especially hard when

[00:10:13] your family and friends are making negative comments about your height and your body and if

[00:10:18] they're doing something like that they are not your real family or friends and reframing the

[00:10:23] narrative can help so so much so instead of saying my arms are too long or my legs are too long

[00:10:29] you can say my arms and legs are long enough to where I can reach the things that I need to

[00:10:34] get or I can run fast enough in long distances instead of saying oh I stick out like a sore

[00:10:40] thumb in the crowd it could be like people my friends and my family people can easily find me if

[00:10:46] they're looking for me and I can even see over other people so it's easier for me to search for

[00:10:50] other people I can even see in concerts that's a good one please please please believe me when I

[00:10:57] say this 9.9 times out of 10 being tall is not as bad as you're making it seem so guess what

[00:11:03] you are not awkward you do not need to make yourself shorter and you definitely should put

[00:11:08] them heels on and rock them with confidence period anyways I'm gonna end the episode here thank you

[00:11:14] so so much for tuning in I really appreciate it and I appreciate you as always feel free to hit me up

[00:11:18] on my socials so we could talk about negative self-talk you can let me know what you thought

[00:11:22] about this episode do you like the tips that I had here in this episode did you like the

[00:11:26] technique of determining if it's an inconvenience or a problem did you like the reframing the

[00:11:32] situation like let me know if you have any other tips or if you want me to do another

[00:11:36] episode like this let me know my dms are open for the most part I'll try my best to respond it's

[00:11:42] going to be busy a busy time for me but other than that I hope you have a good rest of your day

[00:11:47] week month year whatever it is for you and I'll catch you in the next one good night and goodbye