Ten Steps to Become a Badass Chick

These are my ten steps so far on how to become a badass chick:

Step 1: Get a plain notebook that you can journal in, draw in, take notes in, glue cool stuff in, and basically destroy with your badass-ness.

Step 2: Learn the rules for being a badass (will be coming in next post) Follow these to the best of your ability. Make a list of what it means to you to be a badass. How do you define the word?

Step 3: Create a list of your own badass goals. Make a plan and work toward them. What is a badass thing you want to do? Learn Tae kwon do? Buy a motorcycle or scooter? Get a cooler job? How can you work towards what you want?

Step 4: Compile a list of badass role models that inspire you (chick or dudes). Think about what makes them badass. Did they do something inspiring? Can you think of real people or just movie characters?

Step 5: Create a badass playlist of music. What songs make you feel cool or badass just by listening to them? What artists get you pumped? Rock out to it often.

Step 6: Assign yourself badass homework or tasks. Assign yourself small tasks that take you outside your comfort zone and make you feel more badass. How about finally asking out that cute guy in the coffee shop? What about standing you ground in a political argument with a family member? Try speaking out more in class or at work instead of being passive. Whatever you feel makes you grow as a badass.

Step 7: Compile a list of badass movies and books. Think about what make them badass to you. Is it the plot? The characters? The style of writing? Share them with people.

Step 8: Practice your emerging badass-ness and general awesome-ness. Fine tune your goals and rules as you go, but really just get out there and be a fucking badass!

Step 9: Repeat steps 1-8 continously, badasses never stop learning or improving themselves and neither should you.

Step 10: Badasses don't need a step 10, they are already badass! Do you think Chuck Norris needs a step 10?!

Ms.G

Awesome Article

Hello fellow badass chicks in training! I know I know I just submitted my first post a little while ago but I ran across this awesome article by Dr. Jim Taylor on what is REALLY means to be a badass. Loves it! Be sure to read through to the end.

What it Means to be a Badass

The Day I Stopped Asking Permission

I find myself unemployed, lonely, poor, and quickly losing the self confidence that comes with doing what you're good at, which for me is teaching. I've never exactly been the super confident type anyway, but constantly getting turned down for work and sitting around the house has really been doing a number on my mood. I found myself a few weeks ago becoming so whiny and lethargic that I was pissed off by myself, which only made things worse. I was aimlessly surfing the internet when I ran across the picture you see above (click here for the artist's site). I thought to myself, "Why can't I be more like her? Why can't I be great? Why can't I be badass?" Then I wondered whose permission I was asking for anyway.

The day that my car died while I was grocery shopping was the final straw for me. My situation might suck right now, but I was done being a victim, done being passive, done apologizing for things that aren't my fault, and fucking done with asking permission. I'm launching a new career for myself out of my house because I'm done asking people to hire me, but this sort of thing takes a lot of self confidence and guts which I feel that I'm lacking in at the moment. Along with my new career I decided I needed a new outlook on life. I kept coming back to that picture of the graffiti girl and wishing I could be more like her. The only word I could think of to describe her was "Badass". I looked it up in the Urban Dictionary and this is the definition:

Badass:

1.Adjective: Used to describe one who totally owns who he/she is, is uninhibited in who they are and doesn't let what other people think affect his/her actions/decisions.

2.Noun: A person who is the best of the best at what they do professionally and/or personally. Being a Badass goes hand-in-hand with being self confident, secure and uninhibited.

I decided that I was the only one in the way of becoming a more self confident badass. Being an organized person who loves making lists I bought a composition book while I was waiting for my car to be towed and started writing. I figure that since I have nothing but time on my hands right now I can reinvent myself as a badass chick with a new awesome career. Since I have a teaching background I thought I'd turn this into a kind of classroom experiment where I break down what I'm doing into steps for other to follow, assign badass homework, and teach about real badass chicks from history. If you've ever wanted to be more self confident, more secure, and generally more of a badass, then join me as I learn "How to be a Badass Chick".

Ms.G