B*tch, you betta brag!! 💃
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"You get in life what you have the courage to ask for." — Oprah
Morning Musings
A few weeks ago, while mindlessly scrolling through social media, I noticed a friend had been named one of the top Black women in tech to follow on Twitter.
The catch is I'd been texting said friend earlier that week about a workshop I was presenting and in the midst of hyping me up, she'd made no mention of it -- nor had she shared the news on her own social media accounts at that time. So I called her out, naturally.
"Thank you!!" she texted. "I was gonna include it in my next newsletter. Girl, I was like will I be bragging? lol."
To which I immediately replied, "B*tch, you betta brag!" I also told her I sometimes use the b-word as a term of endearment for my closest friends and asked her not to take offense.
We had a good laugh, but I was so serious and, to be fair, I've been guilty of playing accolades off as well for fear of coming across as boastful. Why are we so quick to applaud our friends' accomplishments and so hesitant to toot our own horns?
I know bragging can seem unladylike, but to hell with it. In the words of Queen Bey, "I dream it. I work hard. I grind 'til I own it." So yeah, I'm going to brag. Because I work my ass off and I'm not about shrinking myself to make other people feel comfortable. Men do it all the time, so why not us ladies? Here's to more bragging and less hiding in 2019!
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