Et kvinde med attitude - A Woman with an Attitude

For nogle uger siden så jeg en tv-udsendelse, der hedder 'Kender du typen'. Denne gang var de medvirkende på besøg hos en ung kvinde, der bor i en et-værelses lejlighed. Jeg kender ikke så meget til hende, men forstod, at hun er instagrammer og blogger, debattør, feminist og studerer tv- og medietilrettelæggelse.

Hun ejer stort set intet udover en seng/sofa, et sminkebord og 2 garderobestativer med klassisk tøj og nogle hylder med mærkevaresko- og tasker. Alt sammen investerings-objekter. Og intet andet.

Det, der fangede mig, var hendes kompromisløshed. Hun havde totalt vægtet sine egne værdier og ikke omverdenens, og man kan selvfølgelig diskutere om dyre tasker og sko er værdifulde, men man kan ikke diskutere, at her er en kvinde, der er helt stringent med, hvad hun gør og vil.

Det er beundringsværdigt - i mine øjne. Ikke nødvendigvis lige hendes værdier, men vi kan alle lære af det hendes attitude. At turde være os selv og arbejde for de ting, som vi VIRKELIG gerne vil have og gøre.

Vi kan lære ikke at skæve til, hvad der forventes af os. Vi kan erkende, hvem vi er, og hvordan vi fungere bedst. Vi kan erkende, hvad vi har behov for, selvom det ikke er på top-10 listen over coolness og trends.

Jeg er sikker på, at det hele ville blive meget mere spændende, hvis vi lukkede vores egne drømme ud og gik efter det, som gør os gladest helt uden at bekymre os om, hvad naboen tænker, tror og forventer af us.

Men måske har naboen også nogle spændende drømme?

Tør du flyve? - Dare to fly?

A couple a weeks ago I watched a tv show, called (directly translated) 'Do you know the Type'. This time the hosts were visiting a young kvinde (if you press the link, it is all in Danish, but take a look anyway). She lives in one room. I don't know much about her, but found out, that she is a blogger, on Instagram, debater, feminist and studies TV and media at the university.

She owns a sofa/bed, a make-up table and two clothes racks with classic clothes, some shelves with designer shoes and bags. All of the investment pieces. And no more!

What caught my attention was her uncompromising attitude. She totally weighed her own values and didn't care about the outside world's opinion, and you can of course discuss if bags and shoes are of any value, but you cannot discuss, that this is a woman totally rigorous with what she does and wants.

That is - in my eyes - admirable. Not her values in particular, but we can all learn from her attitude. To dare being ourselves and work for the things, which we REALLY want to have and do.

We can learn not to lean against, what is expected of us. We can acknowledge, who we are, and how we are functioning the best. We can acknowledge, what we need, even though it isn't on the top 10 list of coolness and trends.

I am sure, that everything would become much more exciting and fun, if we let out our own dreams run free and went for, what makes us the happiest without worrying about, what the neighbor thinks and expects from us.

Maybe even the neighbor has some exciting dreams?