To take it a step further, the 12 months that Kjerstin won’t be looking at her reflection goes through her wedding date of October 2011. The project doesn't end until March 2012. I can’t help but wonder, why go past your wedding date and not right up to it?
I would at least hope that may be, just maybe, she will allow herself to look in the mirror on the day or her wedding. I’d bend the rules for that- any bride should. But it's not my project and an interesting one at that. At least she's given herself an escape clause in Rule #8. Thank goodness!
Would you be able to not look in the mirror for 12 months- even on your wedding day?
Kudos to this bride. This is not something I would be able to do for the simplest of reasons: When it rains my hair frizzes and there’s no way I’d walk out of my door without making sure the beast was tame- woof. Check out her rules below and take a peek at her blog!
THE RULES
- The project started on March 26th, 2011 and will end on March 25th, 2012. (FYI - I'm getting married October 1st, 2011!)
- I allowed myself a 1-month transitional period. This is when I figured out how to navigate/avoid mirrors in my daily life, and how to apply make-up, style my hair, put in contacts, etc. without using a mirror.
- Reflective surfaces do "count". Window shopping has become very tricky... :(
- Of course I use my rear- and side-view mirrors when driving. I just can't use them to check myself out!
- I'm allowing myself to look at my shadow.
- When using Skype or other video-chat programs, I disable features that allow me to see my own image.
- My readers voted on Day 36, and I'm NOT allowed to view photographs of myself throughout the year ... with the exception of my wedding photos. ***NOTE - I'm not actually sure whether I'll look at my wedding photos, but it's nice to have the option!
- Any/all of these rules become null if this project makes me go insane.
