I like butts. Butts are great. Butts contain the biggest muscles in the body. Butts are amazing.

But buts? I’m not such a fan of, especially yeah, buts.

You know yeah, buts. You’ve probably said it yourself.

“Hey, wanna go put a dent in the world?”

“Yeah, but I can’t right now, as I have to…”

“You are really good at this. You should pursue it.”

“Yeah, but I don’t know if I could make a living at it…”

“You are amazing, and you should celebrate that.”

“Yeah, but…”

Yeah, buts get in our way. They keep us from reaching our full potential. Want to go for that promotion? Yeah, but I don’t have the experience.

Do you want something, but are unwilling to take the steps you need to take to get there? Yeah, but that is how you become a better person. By putting in the work, but taking the risk, by making goals and committing to them.

There’s a whole list of boudoir yeah, buts, too.

Yeah, but I’m too old.

Yeah, but I need to lose some weight, first.

Yeah, but I’m not a model.

Yeah, but that’s okay. You don’t have to be a model. You don’t have to be 20 years old or a size zero or any of those other lies society tells us are what defines beauty. You can be beautiful on your own terms. In your own way.

Sometimes, it takes seeing ourselves through another pair of eyes to see the positives. We focus so much on the things we don’t like, on the things we wish we could change and we fail to see the things that are amazing about us. Sometimes we need to treat ourselves special, we need to take a day and just appreciate who we are to reset our brains.

So, yeah, you’re busy, and harried and not the you you set out to be.

But that’s okay. You’re still awesome. And you still deserve to do a shoot that celebrates you.