Yesterday I cried at work
I should have never been writing this sentence because we shouldn´t be crying at work unless it is happy tears. And I thought I will never be one of the people who do it, but never say never.
I am very resilient and always minding my own business. I am straightforward and do not gossip behind my coworkers’ backs because I can tell everything in their faces. I think we should all be able to do that, as otherwise, we rob people of improving, from having a chance to change or stay the same if they want to.
So you see, I live in Denmark. Beautiful country, but they have a law, more like a code of conduct, called Janteloven (Law of Jante). It characterizes as unworthy and inappropriate any behavior that is not conforming, does things out of the ordinary, or is personally ambitious.
And I am all of those things!
I am out of the ordinary!
I am super ambitious!
I am not following the crowd!
And for that, I had to cry at work!
But the good thing is, I am having the best time of my life! I love my life! I love myself and I do not give a rat’s ass what people around me think. So why did I cry? Because it is annoying. It is annoying that the moment you stand for your values, for your good, the moment you create a life of your dreams some old Dane out there is jealous of not doing the same (yes, I know who was it).
So my message to you, the world has enough for all of us. You just need to choose to read a book instead of lying on a couch, going for a run instead of grabbing Friday beer, writing an article instead of browsing through Tinder. Do you want my life? Create it for yourself.
And my dear readers, you know why I cried? Because I did not go with coworkers for Friday Beer and chose to work on my life instead: to color meditation book, read an article and go for a walk… I cried because I chose an ambitious life, and that´s too much for some people to handle.
But you know what? That also sends me a message that I am doing things right, that people want my life, they want to have what I have, to do what I do, to be how I am. It means I have done something right.
And this only motivates me to achieve even more.
My ladies (and nice men), let´s wipe the tears, lift the head up high and create an even better life for ourselves.
Does it really disturb some men, that young foreigner girl from the village with ten houses and no plumbing system or internet achieved more than they did? Yes? Watch out, she is capable of much more, and all you ladies are!
And this summarizes so well what I stand for!
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