Who Are You?

Jenni pinned this quote on Pinterest last night & it could not have come at a better time - it also inspired this blog post. 

You know, as women, insecurities are always on our minds. "Are we skinny enough?, Are we too skinny?" "Do we go out enough?,  Do we go out too much?" 

There are a million & 5 things we could beat ourselves up about & sometimes do. 

Sometimes we have friends who aren't supportive of decisions we've made, sometimes we make mistakes at work and feel like we're the dumbest people on the planet. 

(And no, I'm not saying be that girl who's like, "I don't care what anyone thinks about me" because I hate that & it's just irresponsible.) 

What I'm saying is, regardless of what you've done or what you haven't, what you look like, or what you don't, if you know who you are, you'll take the opinions of others, quietly tuck them in your pocket & not revisit them again unless you really think you have some changing to do. 

It's so important to really know who you are, what you stand for & where you're going so you can combat the inevitable haters & struggles that come your way.

At least that's what I've found.

That being said, remember this one too: 

(Rule #1 of a lady (Rules in no particular order))

(Jenni posted this on Pinterest too.)

I think it goes without saying, if you know who you are, you aren't going to be bullying other people because bullys are only insecure. 

However, it's important to remember if you're being bullied (and yes, grown women do get bullied & are bullies) that the bully is only insecure & has her own problems she's working with. No secure, happy person bullies. 

If you're being bullied, if someone is mean to you & purposely hurts your feelings, be sad for them; they're obviously dealing with some tough things. 

Whatever you're dealing with today, remember who you are, remember where you're going & don't let the little things get to you. 

You're fabulous. 

Please excuse yourself while you look like an idiot

Last night was rough, I'm not going to lie about that. I was awake at 1 a.m., 2, 3, & then for the final time at 8.

At 8 a.m., I gave up on getting any kind of good sleep & decided to start my day.

The sun was shining bright up in a fully blue sky & I knew it was going to be a beautiful day.

Thank God for the gorgeous day because I'm not sure what I would've done if it was rainy & I had to stay in all day.

The difference in my mood when it's rainy versus when it's sunny is night & day.

I've really been enjoying doing yard work lately & there were still a lot of things that needed to be done out there so I jumped on it early.

I looked in the shed & garage for our edger without any luck at all, so I just started doing it with a huge kitchen knife.

Yeah, it works & yeah, my grandma used to do it but you really don't want to do the whole lawn with it.

Well, I don't. 

I saw my neighbors out across the street & we're a super close cul-de-sac of neighbors so I went over & asked if they had an edger.

All bright-eyed & bushy-tailed the lady said, "you know how to edge?"

I was a bit confused.

There's the concrete, and there's the grass & there's supposed to be a distinction between the two.

Not rocket science.

"Yeah", I said, "why?"

"I just thought", she pulled her hand up to her hair and acted like she was poofing it, "you were too much of a princess to do something like that."

It didn't really make me mad that she said that, but more just made me laugh.

Where do people get this idea that they should vomit ignorance all over the place all of the time?

I don't understand.

So to all you ignorance-pukers out there, before you say something that makes you look like a complete jerk, seriously, just don't.