The Reality of a Photo: Looking My Best, Feeling My Worst

Last week I wrote about my horror of feeling old.

I spent a lot of time feeling regret about my past behaviours; why did I not get myself into a gym routine when I was 20? Why did I eat all those takeaways instead of salads when I first met the husband? Why didn’t I implement a good skincare routine 10 years ago? The list of shoulda, coulda woulda goes on.

Until recently getting old and ageing had never really bothered me. I always said I would “grow old gracefully,” but to…