Born to be Wild by Kathryn O’Halloran
Ever had one of those days when you want to rebel? There is only so long you can be the good wife, the good daughter, the good worker without that little devil that sits on your shoulder telling you there’s more to life.
So how do we rebel? Do we don our leather jackets and jump on the back of a Harley for destinations unknown? Do we take to the streets in protest? No, we break out by breaking out the chocolate.
How often do you hear yourself or your girlfriend’s say “I’m going to be bad and have the cheesecake?” Come on, is that the best you can do? Is that the limit of your naughtiness?
“You want to look after yourself but you want to have some fun too. And the best way to do that is build some non-food related badness into your life before the danger strikes.”
We’re sick to death of always doing the right thing - picking the salad over the fries, picking the fruit over the chocolate, picking the water over the wine. Not to mention measuring and weighing and counting and getting your butt off the couch and down to the gym.
It seems like the whole world is telling us to eat right, to be the perfect size and follow the perfect diet until the greatest rebellion of all relates to food.
You want to look after yourself but you want to have some fun too. And the best way to do that is build some non-food related badness into your life before the danger strikes.
Now I’m not advocating knocking over your local 7-11 or embezzling the company funds and running off to Rio. Just a secret thrill that only you need know about, be it sexy or cheeky or downright hilarious.
Of course, we all have our limits and definitions of naughtiness. What causes a tingle of excitement in me might strike you as passe. Or have you gasping for air. But here are a few things I thought of, off the top of my head:
- winking at the cute waiter (or slipping him your phone number)
- wearing stockings and suspenders under your business suit
- arranging an out-of-office “meeting” with your pedicurist
- taking a walk around the neighborhood and returning home with a bunch of procured flowers (just leave the prize roses alone)
- dress up in your fanciest outfit and take a luxury car for a test drive, really fast
- change over the signs on the men’s and women’s bathrooms and watch the chaos that ensues
You know when the right idea hits. A thought gets you right in the belly. Your heart rate races at a million miles an hour and you feel alive and vibrant. It has you thinking “no I can’t, but maybe I could”.
So, go ahead and do it. You’ll be smiling for days at your own cheekiness, while the world wonders what you’ve been up to. So go on and be a little bit bad, it can be ever so good.
