MY BOGGY BLOG: find your way through the murk

Why Oh Why?

I am asking myself this week why I keep on reading magazines? Especially any magazines that have beauty tips, exercise and diet info... most any kind of women's type of magazine really. I started reading magazines when I was about 12 years old, when mom and dad would take us kids visiting at different relatives houses on the weekends. A bored adolescent, I would go through the magazine stack that most homes had in their living room. I ate them up, with all their info and tips and advice and product identification. And you know, here I am almost 30 years later, still reading magazines with an eagerness as I flip through the pages. I really am (gullibly) poring over these articles looking for the "new thing," the right bit of info that is going to change my life some how, the perfect product, the right way of caring for my skin.

And you know what? It's never there. The information and advice and tips-- it's all basically the same! There is nothing new! I know the "right" way to put on eye shadow, and I have for 30 years! Only the products they are advertising are different.

Am I going to quit reading magazines? I don't know... I mean, I think I'm still susceptible to their allure, unfortunately. But awareness is the first step, right?