Not Too Shabby

So just as most people do, I do not like listening to myself give a presentation or speak. I took a speech class in college and we always had to evaluate our videos and I would cringe everytime I watched it even though the speech wasn't that bad. However, watching myself teach wasn't so bad...because I felt like it had more purpose than giving a pointless speech. On a somewhat unrelated note...watching myself made me excited. I've lost about 50lbs over the past 6 months and the last time I saw myself on video I was completely disgusted about how unhealthy I looked. So seeing myself on camera (and we all know the camera adds 10lbs) I was quite pleased with how much better I looked. Also, I thought I looked pretty relaxed and use lots of inflexion in my voice. I can't stand people who speak in a monotone voice so I think that my voice is loud and commands attention (well at least to everyone who isn't a distracted high school student). So for the first time in my life...I didn't mind seeing/hearing myself on video.