Jane's Ten Commandments

so basically i am changing from a somewhat outgoing, cheerful, social girl to one which is drab, unmemorable, quiet, reserved and unengaging in social situations (ah.) In order to do this i need to stick to a 10-commandment guideline to make sure i do Jane justice!

1. NO MAKEUP. no eyeliner. no foundation. bare face. tired expression. everyone will see how small my eyes actually are. i will be sad.
2. NO JEWLRY. kind of. i always wear earrings, whether they are small ones for the day or big, outrageous gold ones in the evenings. those must go. i always wear my good luck evil-eye charm bracelet on my left wrist. gone. i have one exception - i will be keeping my nose ring in. for the simple fact that i have ripped it out before and forced it back in and that was no fun.
3. BLAND HAIR. this may seem a silly one, but i like to wear my hair up or style it somehow if i wear it loose. so now im sticking to the ordinary low ponytail.
   
4. NO COLOUR. clothes and shoes should be a shade of black/grey/white/beige. anything subtle. and monochrome patterns are out too :(
   
5. NO REVEALING HEM/NECKLINES. no skirts, v-neck tops. tight tops/leotards. another excpetion - i will be wearing leggings as all my jeans have holes in awkward places.
6. KEEP QUIET. try to become unnoticable in the classroom and around vega. sit at the back of the class. dont comment or ask too many questions.
7. DONT SOCIALISE. this pertains to Vega mostly...this will be easy in the classroom as i can sit by myself. but going to fetch lunch or go for a cigarette will mean i will have to try and stand by myself, or again keep quiet and try not to linger.
   
8. STICK TO DEADLINES AND DO WHAT IS ACADEMICALLY EXPECTED OF ME. i will be so chuffed with myself if i can stick to this! but alas, i will try to do my work, prescribed reading for each lecture and hand assignments in on time. seems like a pretty obvious commandment for any student..
9. LITTLE/NO SOCIALISING IN THE EVENINGS. socialising after college and on weekends is a huuuge hobby of mine. it will be interesting to place Vega and my studies in the forefront of my priortites and allocate most time to this. luckily i dont go clubbing, but its more the fact of sitting down with a drink and a cigarette that needs to be eliminated for ten days that will affect my comfort zone hugely.
10. ENJOY BEING IN THE BACKROUND. i hope to gain some things from this experiment, and one of them being comfortable with taking it easy and not always pushing myself to be entertaining, happy and eager to please at all times. it will be nice to relax, and not panic too much about what others think of me mostly. i like to think im not a materialistic girl who relies on appearance for attention - but even so it will be nice to not focus on that so much. this is a sink or swim intervention - either people will take no notice of me due to my physical blandness, or everything will remain unchanged, showing that i cannn relax with my appearance at times.

Overall im very much looking forward to this intervention. i hope you enjoy my journey with me :)