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There are many things that I am rubbish at in this life. Here are some of them:

• Cooking.
• Sports. All of them.
• Remembering to get the washing out of the washing machine.
• Being cold.
• Speaking quietly.
• Using public transport.
• Opening a pack of biscuits and not eating all of them in one go.
• Grocery shopping (see #1)

The list goes on and the older I get, the cooler I am with it. But there are also many things I am good at. And relationships is one of those things. The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of our relationships. Think about it. You can have all the money in the world, the perfect body and total time and financial freedom.

Authenticity.

I use the word a lot but honestly, I’m not really sure what it means.

Let’s be straight-up honest here. Even if I’m being inauthentic, I can still be authentically inauthentic, can’t I? 

Keep thinking about it. Let yourself loop like a Hola Hoop (it’s a type of British crisp – Google it!)

Let me put it this way.

Say you go on holiday to Bali and purchase a pair of faux Ray Ban’s (because what else do you buy in Bali?).

Are they inauthentic (fake)?

Yes.

{What? They’re not real?? But they say Ray Bali on them… Oh… wait…}

But paradoxically, aren’t they also AUTHENTIC fakes?

A month ago, I was running on the sand like a knob-head and buggered my ankle. I never run on sand and I don’t quite know what possessed me to do it. But I did. And now my ankle hurts.

I hobbled around for 3 weeks and then gave all of my money to an Osteopath and even though I can now jog short distances, I’m still using my recovering ankle as an excuse to jump in an Uber for even the shortest of trips (no shame!).

Last night, I jumped into the front seat of my Uber to travel 4 blocks (I told you, no shame) and started chatting away to the driver *insert standard Uber chat here*.

As we turned to take the route I had specifically asked not to take, Mr Uber Driver asked me the simplest question I have ever been asked.

He turned his head and looked me straight in the eye (eyes on the road buddy!) and said “are you enjoying your life?”.

Do you ever get those moments when you look at someone and think to yourself, “I love this person.
But right now I’d quite like to pick up my chair and hit them in the face with it.” ???
Come on now, we’ve all had those moments, just admit it. Those we love the most can often
frustrate us the most. (Also just so you know, I’ve never actually hit anyone in the face with a chair).
But this is how my mate Nicola was feeling towards me last week at our fortnightly trip to local the
nail bar. (it’s our thing)
I was tired, exhausted (great company Em!) and utterly incapable of making a decision about my nail
colour.
It was getting pretty frustrating for all involved.
To be fair, I wanted to hit myself in the face with a chair.