It's time for you to Cowboy Up
On being a little brave, and getting on the horse, if you will.
I was OOO yesterday touching grass, so we have a spesh edish of the newsy today - one from Bel!! She’s coming at us with another of her phrases that I can’t get enough of, and one that feels very fitting considering Cowboy Carter is ALL I’m listening to right now. Let me introduce you angels to Cowboying Up.
Giddy up,
Luce xxxx
✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀ BEL CHIMES IN: On Cowboying Up ❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿
This newsy was written by the refreshing-as-a-house-chardonnay-on-a-steamy-day (and co-author of our debut book Make It Make Sense) Bel Hawkins. Each week Bel comes here to chime in about the things she’s been loling at, yearning for, or totally mystified by. Luckily for us, she also writes our Sunday advice column ‘Wait, But What?’ for all our paying supporters who want to make sense of the world!! Upgrade your plan to get her newsy here!
Hello crushes! I'm back from Carmen Sandiego-ing, home in Lisbon and still running on that out-of-body jetlag feeling which is a personal favourite because you can't think too much about anything and you can sort of just float around your life until you properly come back down to earth.
This week I'm bringing you a new phrase because you know I love them and I know you do too (one of my favourite parts of this job is when I receive random DMs/photos/videos/voice notes of people describing their current phoenixing).
I saw this line being used in a passing comment online last week and I loved it and want to make a thing of it. It's called Cowboying Up. Let me explain.
Cowboying Up is like a Who Cares Moment, but this one demands a bit of bravery. Where WCMs are like... who cares, gonna go on the date for the plot or stop worrying about the thing and get on with the world, Cowboying Up is taking a great leap of faith. It's sucking in a deep breath and something you're afraid of but deep down want. It's like... I need to Cowboy up and ask for a raise. Or... I'm going to Cowboy Up and apply for that seemingly impossible thing. Who knows? One can never fully know (I wanted to say 'unless your horse is in the ring' but does that sound sexual? Lol).
Anyway — I hereby prescribe you Cowboying Up and doing something brave this year. Let me know how you get on. xx
PS! Loled at the app dating responses that came through from the newsy over the weekend! More of that unhinged and thoroughly researched advice in Wait, But What this Sunday. Ily!
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