and I ran into an old friend of mine in the bathroom.

(gasps) Oh my god, how are you?

Oh, you look so pretty!

I don't..feel pretty.

And it was like: What?

(chuckles nervously) Are you serious?

You're not joking? I mean...

Are you, are you looking at that?

And it just made me really think

about how constantly bombarded we are

with this desire to look good.

I mean, it's a message

perpetuated by TV--

BE PRETTY!

Magazines...

BE PRETTY!

Billboards...

BE PRETTY!

Everywhere!

It's so hard to feel pretty when you look at that.

It is so hard to feel good enough

even though you are.

I think "pretty" is a mindset.

And I think that mindset

can be achieved by

putting in a little effort here and there,

and with a lot of self acceptance.

I'm not talking about going out

and dressing like a bedazzled gypsy.

(Unless you feel pretty

like a bedazzled gypsy, in which case, go ahead.)

But, by finding little accents here and there

that make you feel like yourself,

with the volume on full blast!

Like, I've only gotten my nails done 3 times in my life,

but every single time, the way I carry my arms

and my hands drastically changes.

Like, anytime I hold something, my pinky's up.

I do a lot more like, hands to my face~

And it just makes me feel like 1000 times more feminine.

But above all else, most importantly,

please, just let yourself feel pretty.

There's nothing wrong with loving your body

and loving the way you look.

Because feeling beautiful is having more confidence,

is taking more risks, is going out and being friendlier

and having a better life, because you'll have a different attitude

and a different perspective on the world.

And it starts with loving yourself first.

Well, there you go! Lesson of the week! Yeah!

Revelations! Okay. (laughs)

I'm actually really excited for this next week.

Um, cause I'm directing the first short I wrote tomorrow. Ahhhh!

I always do these kind of videos in my room by myself

in my house. You know, there's no one else...

but with the short, I have to assemble a crew

and then I have to cast, get props, rent locations,

it's just...whoa! And I also forgot how expensive that stuff is.

So I talked to Audible, who so kindly decided

to sponsor today's episode.

You can go to audible.com/anna

for a free book of your choice.

They have over 150,000 titles to choose from.

And if you're like me and you live in L.A.,

I always listen to Podcasts or audiobooks in the car

instead of listening to the same radio songs

over and over and over again.

I've been listening to Joy Land, by Stephen King.

Cause I love Stephen King.

And everything he writes is, oh, so good.

And, uh, that is audible.com/anna if you'd like to go there.

I'll see you next week. Stay awesome, Gotham.

Subtitles by Skylar Coland via Amara