This fake charm will go away

In the first year of my engineering, we had a subject on women in third world countries. A woke feminist came up with a point in the middle of a discussion stating “If intelligent girls can use their brains for their career, what is the problem with attractive girls using their charm”. There seems nothing wrong with this approach for someone who is in this teens.

But when I think in retrospect after 7 years, this trade of building a career on top of charm than skill is a losing game. The fact is that beauty is not going to stay for long, so from my perspective so this option is going to stay for short. Short term trade-offs have a tendency to become bitter over time. Once this phase is gone, you will realise that the subscription period of your trade-off period is going to end. You will live in fear that someone else will replace you. All the structures you created will start demolishing.

People advocating for such a mindset usually change their priorities, they will end up spending more time maintaining artificial looks where priority could have been upgrading on skills. Once someone takes this path, there is no going back.

I am not against the idea of staying beautiful, it gives you confidence. Here is the difference I am trying to highlight a difference of keeping yourself fit versus maintaining it via artificial means. A healthy body is an essential part of framework you build to achieve bigger goals in life. It is disappointing when you are near your goal and your body stops supporting. So everything needs a balance.

Every time you think of beauty, have priorities right. Be careful with the knife, keep the muscle and cut the fat.