Why You Should Do the Thing That Scares You

​Repost from @dasiadoesit
•
Many women were my big chop inspiration but @courtney.sarracino was the straw that broke the camels back.
When I cut my hair, it felt like I was exposed to the world. 
So much of my identity was in my hair.
I felt unattractive, thought I received less attention, stop taking selfies. I felt like all of my feminine energy was gone.
So much of my worth as a black woman was having long hair. Maybe I was trying to prove it was possible to the world but it became my sole source of identity. I wouldn’t leave the house with out my hair done.
But when I finally cut it, a remarkable thing happened. 

All the bandwidth that I had been siphoning off to how my hair looked, was now being put into doing the things that made my life better. I loved my hair. 
It gave me an identity when I had none. 
But Without it, I have cultivated an identity that I’m proud of that doesn’t require me to hide. I realized that’s where my feminine energy comes from, not my hair but a soft, openness and vulnerability, not the rigidity or demands I had previously held so tightly too.

I hope you have audacity this week. To find the thing that is taking up so much of your life source and re-evaluating if you actually still need it in the way that you had before or maybe, just maybe. It’s time for something new.
I am free now. And anyone who is attracted into my life is here because of attraction to my authentic self, not an idea  or  trying to prove something.
Will my hair stay short forever?

But for the first time in my life:
I am telling the truth when I say, I’m happy right now.

I hope you have audacity, to be the person that you want to be, not who you think you should be. 
Don’t be afraid to experiment if something isn’t working for you anymore.
It’s okay to start new.
Happy Monday peeps.
Go out and do.
.
.
.
.
.

​SignUp for the Free How to Do the Thing That Scares You MiniCourse