(before reading please reference Drake's Hotline Bling video to understand the backing of this blog)
I’d like to dedicate this specific blog post to the release of Drake’s music video for Hotline Bling because I think it really sums up the way I am feeling at this point of my Milanese experience. To put them in laymen, the lyrical value of the song can be confused for something sad because Drake is lamenting about the girl that he knew before he left “the city” and now she’s off doing whatever and he feels like he doesn’t know her anymore since she no longer calls him. But when I saw the video—with the curvaceous women, bright colors, and Drake’s relentless Latino dad dance moves—I realized that the moods didn’t match and the song could actually be about letting go of your past and taking advantage of that moment to evolve into the self you want to be.
We all want some sort of change in our lives, even if we are afraid of the potential behind it. And change is something that is difficult to achieve because people will try to cram you into the box that they are most familiar with, because that’s what they are used to, or as Drake says “You used to…You used to…” Drake gives us the perspective of someone feeling left out and behind while dancing like a Champagne Papi who doesn’t look back to the past. But despite the change and heartache, we need to see that the girl got what she wanted in the end, even if Drake didn’t get what he wanted (of course, until that hotline bling).
So my thought this week for you is,
DO YOU, BOO BOO
Embrace and welcome change, even if it hurts. Change that you have made yourself or change that has been push upon you. Who cares what someone else might think or say? If they judge you, thank them because all that hate will eventually make you famous and leave them bitter, so don’t get it get to you. You can make this your time specifically for what you want. So TREAT YO’ SELF, because no one can do it as well as you can.
Run out of pages in your passport. Bring the bottles of champagne out on the dance floor. Maybe even wear less and go out more.
Make sure it’s meaningful, of course, to others, but first and foremost to yourself. It’s all right to spoil yourself—actually I would go as far to say that it is necessary—because we spend so much time and energy giving to others. You will reflect back on your moments of self-love and smile because you took the time to appreciate yourself, which is a feeling no one else can give you (also, it will make you feel a little bit better about the cavernous ditch that is your bank account afterwards).
So, be happy with whom you are so when change does present itself you can rely on yourself as your own support team.
So, be happy with whom you are so when change does present itself you can rely on yourself as your own support team.