11 Aug 2015

Song of the Day

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Hailee Steinfeld – Love Myself

I’ve got something really important to say about today’s Song of the Day. I was actually woken up by this song as my alarm sometime in the middle of the last week and I didn’t think much of it then because I was half asleep so I decided to give it a second chance when I was more awake. And to be honest, I haven’t stopped listening to it since. Do you all remember when I made a whole playlist for “Girl Anthems?” Well, this is the latest great addition!

A friend of mine just moved back to Cupertino after a hard break up so I’ve spent a lot of time with her lately watching her re-build herself back up again. We’ve all been there. Shoot – that was me just last year and while over half a year has gone by now, it’s hard to imagine that I am where I am now and that my friend will get to the point I’m at in just a few months’ time. I could spew out a bunch of cliches right now about how you never need another person to be happy with yourself or that friends are the ones who are always going to be there for you over a guy (but it’s true!) however, the most important cliche ever is the one that comes from my mom – that you can’t ever truly be happy in a relationship until you’re happy with yourself. She’s right.

Another anecdote: I was recently propositioned to move in with a friend who is looking to buy a house. I told someone that I could do that… and it would be an okay option, but I love myself too much. He laughed at me. And in my head I thought, but… no. I do. And you don’t really get what I’m saying. I love myself and not in the I’m “full of myself” kind of way. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m in my mid-twenties now or if it’s because I’ve just grown up a bit within the last few months, but I am for the first time in a long time feeling more confident and secure with myself more than ever about the things I enjoy and my interests and I don’t really need someone there to validate those things.

Hailee, we approve of you making the switch from an acting career to a singing career. Thanks for giving us women a very powerful anthem.