Jasmine Nicole

For starters, I admire people who live boldly all the time, but I think those who live boldly in moments are just as admirable. To me, living boldly means 3 things: to live like no one is watching, to do everything that you dream of, and to not take yourself so seriously.

When you live like no one is watching, especially in this age of social media, you are truly free and BOLD. Everyone always has so much to say and I think we all can admit at some point we allowed the thoughts and opinions of someone else to negatively dictate a future action or change our thoughts about a past action. But people who live boldly know how to quiet or even block out all those voices so they can live the way they want.

Living boldly also means working towards everything that you dreamed of. The reality is that sometimes our dreams may not come true, but that doesn’t mean you can’t work towards them. Some people spend their lives dreaming of something and never take action. Now sometimes we dream of things that we may never get, but those who live boldly live in the now, and no matter what’s within their reach, they work towards their dreams. The work is what makes you bold because anyone can dream, but working towards and hopefully living in your dream is what is BOLD.

Not taking yourself so seriously is also what I deem as living boldly. When I say that, I mean that you do what needs to be done, but you enjoy it. You allow yourself room to make mistakes and learn and grow. And you give yourself grace. The world is mean enough so you need to be able to be your own safe space.

So do it; live BOLDLY.