DYT *April 14th, 2012*

So my friend Cindy introduced me to Dressing Your Truth.  It's an energy profiling system that coincides with Fashion.  Think The Color Code but with fashion in the mix.  I've had mixed feelings about it but I'm now really enjoying it.  First I thought, I know who I am, so no one can change that.  The more I've read about it and also with my daily (not always daily, but I try) scripture study I realized that it is a great way to wash away all of life and how it has changed you from the person our Heavenly Father sent to this earth.  Life experience can change you for the better but it can also make your life feel cluttered.  Anyway, first I thought I was a Type 4 (Bold and Striking) but that just didn't feel right...it didn't seem fun enough.  Then the thespian in my wanted to be a Type 1 (Bright and Animated).  Recently I realized how important your secondary type is.  Everyone has all 4 types in them it's just that some are stronger than others.  When I first tried on T4 clothes with Cindy, my T4/2 friend it just didn't look right.  When I tried on T1 stuff the colors looked better but a little over the top. 

We went with T1/4 thinking that because of the stillness of T4 that I could wear the T1 colors but tone it down to show my T4 stillness.  Just recently I joined the T1 facebook group and it just didn't feel right.  These people had way more energy than me and kind of dressed like Kindergarten teachers (not that there is anything wrong with that, it's just not me)  I read some stuff on T4/1's and decided that's what I am.  I switched my course and joined the T4 facebook group.  It's crazy weird.  Everything they say seems to relate with who I am.  The trick to deciding for sure that I am a 4/1 was reading about facial profiling.  Our personalities can change but our bone structure cannot (unless of course you get plastic surgery).  :) Now trying clothes that show my T4/1 energy rather than Cindy's T4/2 energy it seems to all come together.  Sorry, I don't have any photos of that.

Anyway, this whole journey may sound a little silly to you but for me it's been a fun adventure.  I have natural tendencies that I was really hard on myself for.  Now I know it's just who I am and I can be nicer to myself about it.  I'm not going to just give into those tendencies because the 4 in me is always trying to be better but I will be more accepting of myself. 

If you have any interest in this you can follow this link.  Also, the creator of DYT is writing a parenting book.  I love the idea of learning how to parent while honoring who your child really is.  I didn't do that so much with Max and I think it has really effected him.  I can't wait for the book to come out so I can be the perfect parent.