Florence Given
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And I decided that I was done with doing that a few years ago.
And I can't go back.
I can't go back to playing it cool.
I wrote a chapter about this in my last book, Women Living Deliciously.
The chapter, I think it was called...
Life's too short to play it cool.
Life's too fucking short to play it cool.
Your self-expression that you fear is like embarrassing or like theater kid energy.
Oh my God, my veins are pumping with theater kid energy.
I just love expressing myself.
And this fear that that was really embarrassing
If you can learn to sort of enjoy it and enjoy being annoying.
Do you know how many people think I'm annoying?
So many people think I'm annoying and I've learned to love it.
What's that Addison Rae song?
Exactly.
It makes me want it more.
I just sort of embraced my annoyingness.
And that doesn't mean, like, I'm going to be fucking annoying for the sake of being annoying.
I hate that shit.