The day you join a nudist resort, club or beach, you enter a new world of freedom and respect. However, there's something you may not know yet: nudity may become your new normal. The moment nudity becomes your first choice of clothing, your norm changes. Clothing is no longer required, except for protection, its first and main purpose. Nudity is then your norm, your new normal.
Becoming a nudist
A lot of first time nudists will eventually become lifetime nudists. Every nudist will talk about this wonderful feeling of freedom, as soon you understand nobody cares about how you look. Nudity becomes therefore an accepted state. Generally, this is when you start to stop thinking about being naked. You just are enjoying the moment, without clothes.
Of course, time will come when you need to get dressed again. A certain level of sadness will fill you, as you leave this wonderful state of freedom. Rapidly, if weather and security allow, you will feel the need to get naked again. This could be your home, your garden or any place that accepts your nudity.
After a couple of days or weeks, you will feel immensely better entirely naked than with any form of clothing, even light and small. This is the moment I call the new normal. Your nudity will feel natural, simple, a real no-brainer. Up to a point that you will feel the need to share this with your friends and family. This is also the moment when you will want to have some books on naturism to know more, to subscribe to the magazine of your local naturist federation and leave them on your coffee table, or to just ask your friends to join you in your naturist life.
The New Normal
And your new normal will be the beginning of a wonderful naturist life. Naturism is, IMHO, the most wonderful lifestyle. The levels of freedom, friendship and simplicity are just unmatched.
The only caveat is naturists are still a minority and nudism is not widely accepted. However, it's growing with movements like Free the Nipple, that fights for men/women equal rights, or associations like APNEL, that fights for social nudity tolerance outside of enclosed naturist places, more and more people are exposed to non sexual nudity.
Four actions to take for all nudists/naturists:
Become of member of your naturist federation and/or the naturist society.
Be open to your friends and family about your lifestyle, there no shame in being a naturist and nothing to hide (literally).
Be naked as much as possible, including at home, at the beach, during hikes, where social non-sexual nudity is permitted.
Participate in naked events when possible like World Naked Bike Ride.
It may need another century to be able to chose nudity as a possible clothing option, but I hope we will get there and the next generations can freely chose to be naked whenever and wherever they want.
Try nudism and you will discover a new world, where nudity will soon become your new normal.
Get Naked, Stay Naked, Live Naked and Share the Naked Love!
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