One day I was in the car with my nephews listening to the Ari Lennox Pandora station (as usual). The first song that played was "Normal Girl" from Sza's Ctrl album. Two and a half years later and I still love that album.
The point is, I was listening and driving with my nephews and the 11 year old, P3, blurted out "Why would anyone want to be normal when you can be so much more?".
Let that sink in.
An 11 year old who seems to have the world all figured out. He's definitely a special kid.
My friends and I are have been trying to push ourselves out of "normal" lately. We realize it’s time to finally go beyond the status quo. But it made me wonder, why is it that we always try not to stand out "too much". We've all done well in our education and careers. We lead really good lives, but we know we’re not reaching our full potential. Why?
Well, we're a little lazy, we admit.
But something else that dawned on me is that we have always been accused of thinking we're better than other people. Maybe it’s because of the way we look, where we lived, who we hang with...who knows. I think it was just people projecting their own insecurities. But to combat that, we tried to downplay ourselves. We tried to make sure we come off as humble.
Fast forward to adulthood, we're all doing well but also fading into the background.
That. Stops. Now.
Even when Lauren and I wanted to start The Outsiders, we were nervous to put ourselves out there. We didn't want to be "those girls". WHY THE HELL NOT?
Those girls who care about being introspective and learning from our own and other people's experiences. Those girls who loooove to write and get ideas randomly while walking down the street. Those girls who care about healing ourselves from the inside out. That's us. Unapologetically..
From now on, we’re pushing each other to reach our fullest potential. To listen to what we’re most passionate about. To execute in a real way. And to create the lives that we want to live.
Because who wants to be normal when you can be so much more?
xo,
Ness