The Authenticity Project

Based on my observations in the past ten years of living in Canada, I have come up with a practical dictionary to try to decrypt what the speaker actually means when she/he says certain things. 

I dare to say, that at least once in your life, you had to face a bully or an arrogant person. And at least once in your life, you were the bully or the arrogant person (for whatever reason). How do you allow the moment to define you? 

When I was a kid, I enjoyed running around with our neighbours' kids, climbing trees and playing soccer. I would wear shorts and running shoes because it was more comfortable and I would refuse any of my mother attempts to dress me in pretty girlie clothes.  For this and other reasons, she would sometimes tell me I should have been borne a boy because I didn't fit the narrow narrative she had of a girl. In my mother's eyes, girls were supposed to look pretty, wear cute dresses and have nice long hair. I rebelled and eventually she was okay with it. 

Did you ever wonder why some people succeed even if they're not the smartest or the most talented ones in the room? 

No matter what you see in films or read in books, or whatever your friends or parents tell you, motherhood is challenging as fuck. Period.