Competition vs. Kindness 

To know me is to know that I am competitive. I am competitive in all the wrong places. I am competitive on the dancefloor - where it is absolutely not a competition.

I am competitive at work - where people do treat it like a competition.

But it shouldn't be. And I want to be that difference. Because I learned early on; I learned very young, this:

IF YOU ARE JEALOUS OF SOMEONE THEN THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO GIVE THEM A COMPLIMENT. If you are jealous of someone then chances are other people are too. And if everyone is jealous then maybe everyone is holding back. GIVE THE PERSON THE COMPLIMENT

BE THE PERSON WHO CELEBRATES OTHER PEOPLE 

And then only compete with yourself

Only compete with yourself a year ago 

A year ago I passed my probation 

(A little over now). I got a pizza which I ate on the train cos it was so late after my dance class. I had a glass of wine on an empty stomach and pain relief and that was disastrous - I don't drink at the best of times. A year ago I was just getting back into dance 

Now I am so fast and flexible and focused it's just crazy. I have done several classes a week and five long workshops 

A year ago I was in AI

Now I work in frontend

And so much more 

I am too ill to dance today for the second week in a row today - life is reminding me that kindness is more important 

Kindness is more important than anything else in the world ever 

Kindness is always the most important thing in the world 

Take it from me 

Take it from me