{"id":7202,"date":"2022-10-22T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=7202"},"modified":"2022-10-22T18:07:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T18:07:57","slug":"is-that-girl-toxic-heres-what-to-know-about-this-social-media-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/is-that-girl-toxic-heres-what-to-know-about-this-social-media-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Is \u201cThat Girl\u201d Toxic? Here\u2019s What to Know About This Social Media Trend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Who\u2019s \u201cThat Girl\u201d? If you\u2019re on TikTok and Instagram, you have likely seen some iteration of the trendy aesthetic, but if you\u2019re not familiar, you should know that \u201cThat Girl\u201d is no one person, but the embodiment of an aspirational social media trend and lifestyle aesthetic.     <\/p>\n

Traits of That Girl include a clean and sober lifestyle that involves waking up at 5 or 6AM to get in a workout, meditate, journal, and consume a green juice, and plenty of beautifully-curated productivity vlogs with social media footage of all of the above. (Other versions drink hot water with lemon every morning, smoothie in hand and clay face mask on.) Of course, at Fitbit, we\u2019re the first to point out that there\u2019s nothing inherently wrong with having a morning routine like this if it works for you. It\u2019s incredibly motivating for many. <\/p>\n

What can make this seemingly wholesome trend problematic is that it most often promotes this kind of lifestyle with no room for straying from the routine. Health and wellness today are about so much more than checking off actions like these, by rote, from your to-do list. <\/p>\n

And if you\u2019re eating healthy foods, getting enough Zzz\u2019s, and working out regularly, who\u2019s to say that any one aspect of your routine\u2014like the ability to abide by an early morning wakeup call\u2014is entirely indicative of your state of personal well-being, anyway?  <\/p>\n

Plus, That Girl is often portrayed by a person of a certain race, class, and body type. She\u2019s white, wealthy, and slender, what is still considered \u201cconventionally attractive\u201d in most wellness circles\u2014for example, in your weekly yoga class. It\u2019s not very inclusive when you consider all the different types of people who pursue health and wellness\u2014and who deserve to feel welcome in said yoga class.<\/p>\n

In our monthly content series on the Fitbit blog, Meet the Trailblazers<\/a>, we strive to put a spotlight on the work of POC wellness and fitness creators who don\u2019t<\/em> fit the conventional mold, and who are making waves in their communities in order to point out that we shouldn\u2019t have to fit in to said mold in order to pursue our own sense of well-being in today\u2019s world. <\/p>\n

When asked if there\u2019s a certain wellness trend she\u2019d put behind her<\/a>, Les Alfred of Balanced Black Girl<\/a> shared that she\u2019d do away with \u201cthe idea that wellness has a singular look or aesthetic. The journey to being well can look and feel so many different ways, and tying a singular aesthetic to what it means to pursue wellness is exclusionary and limiting.\u201d <\/p>\n

So how can you avoid the pitfalls of this trend? <\/h2>\n

Remember that wellness is subjective. <\/strong>The wellness industry of today\u2019s world is full of unrealistic standards, and the That Girl aesthetic is another offshoot of that.<\/p>\n

That said, the trend is appealing for a reason. (The TikTok hashtag alone currently has a whopping 7 billion views<\/a>.) Many do indeed see That Girl\u2019s lifestyle as aspirational and motivating. If you\u2019ve changed your own lifestyle to incorporate healthier habits\u2014whether it\u2019s in a physical sense, your mental health, or across the board\u2014or you merely want to, that\u2019s undeniably inspiring. It makes it hard to deny the siren call of becoming That Girl, and the mindset that you\u2019ll be leading a happier and more fulfilling life because of it. <\/p>\n

But is it real? Is it an everyday practice? Or is \u201cshe\u201d posting it as part of a productivity vlog series for a few weeks, and then returning to her normal routine, whatever that may entail? Social media is not real life, so we can\u2019t always know what\u2019s behind the screen. But what we can remind ourselves is this: What works for one person may not work for others, and vice versa. If it works for you, that matters. But if it doesn\u2019t, that\u2019s OK too. <\/p>\n

Either way, it\u2019s important to remember that reaching your \u201cfull potential\u201d when it comes to wellness will mean something different for everyone. There\u2019s no hard and fast rule that you need <\/em>to become That Girl, and that if any one aspect of her routine isn\u2019t met, your own potential for wellness won\u2019t be, either. <\/p>\n

Rest is key. <\/strong>Self-care also means something different to everyone, but most of us can agree that rest is an essential part of it. Physician, researcher, and author Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith shared in a famous 2019 TEDx Talk<\/a> that there are 7 different types of rest we need: physical, mental, sensory, creative, emotional, social, and spiritual. <\/p>\n

When it comes to physical rest, if you\u2019re familiar with Fitbit\u2019s Daily Readiness Score<\/a> you already know it can help break down why on some days, you wake up ready for a challenging workout\u2014and on others, you need more time for recovery. You may not find That Girl\u2019s 5AM alarm as motivating on a rest day<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s one thing to push through sensations of tiredness every so often, but another if we\u2019re constantly pushing ourselves to achieve without getting an adequate amount of rest, both in the physical sense and across the remaining pillars. <\/p>\n

Doing so regularly is when the risk of burnout becomes a reality, and most of us are already familiar with just how high levels of stress and burnout have extended today.  <\/p>\n

Progress, not perfectionism. <\/strong>Again, the journey of self-improvement is really an admirable one, but not only that\u2014for many people it\u2019s a lifelong pursuit. With that in mind, it\u2019s important to remember that it\u2019s not, or at least shouldn\u2019t be, about perfectionism. We can get so caught up in competition with ourselves, in trying to make ourselves better than we were yesterday, that we forget to celebrate our wins. <\/p>\n

The idea here is that it\u2019s about progress, not perfection\u2014you are enough as you are, even while pursuing who you want to be. And that stands, whether you feel motivated to become \u201cThat Girl\u201d or not. <\/p>\n

The post Is “That Girl” Toxic? Here’s What to Know About This Social Media Trend<\/a> appeared first on Fitbit Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may have heard of the \u201cThat Girl\u201d trend on social media (the hashtag has over 7 billion views on TikTok, after all), but is it really all it\u2019s made out to be?
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