I don’t necessarily have many skills that I can flaunt at any given time. In fact, beyond being able to say “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” backwards like my girl Mary Poppins, I have absolutely zero party tricks up my sleeve.
But while that’s not very impressive from my own perspective, someone could hear me spit out that absolute mess of a non-word and think, “Wow, that girl has skills .” Because what we might think is a pointless memorization may actually seem super rad to someone else.
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After all, we are our own worst critics.
Another impressive talent of mine? I can give my boyfriend the silent treatment for hours, maybe even days , if he does something that really pisses me off.
Not Olympic-worthy, but certainly a skill I can and should be proud of.
In fact, we should all really start being softer on ourselves, because we’re just trying our best.
Sure, we may not feel very extraordinary, especially while trudging through Walmart at 2 PM in our “good” pajama pants, but we’re all out here just doing the best that we can with what we’ve got.
And that’s O.K.
It’s also more than O.K. to be painfully self-aware of ourselves.
Why yes, I do spend an outrageous amount of time simultaneously shopping for nothing and everything at Marshalls.
How nice of you to notice.
At the end of the day, we should just try to be the best versions of ourselves possible.
While I’m absolutely hopeless with a makeup brush and a contour kit, I’m not going to go around hating on the people who can turn themselves into a damn masterpiece.
No no. Instead, I’ll be over here watching their makeup tutorials online while emptying this wine bottle like it’s water because that’s the kind of skill that I bring to the table.
