Two speakers argue that "vulnerable" has become a meaningless buzzword that reads as weakness. They prefer "available" to describe emotional presence and admitting mistakes, and push back on praising people for "not taking themselves seriously" when what they're really doing is letting themselves be seen.
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So the word vulnerability and being vulnerable is now overused to the point where I'm not even sure anybody knows what it means. And worse, to many people, the word vulnerable is equated with weakness.
That's right, my friend.
I love this. She doesn't use the word vulnerable for all the reasons she hates the word. She uses the word available, which I've really taken to, which is, make yourself available. Right, Right. Like, make yourself available. Show people that you're. That you are available. To talk about your mistakes, that you're available emotionally, that you're available. You know, to show your humility and the courage it takes to be available. To make yourself available. Because to be unavailable is nothing but walls and smokescreens.
Okay, so let's talk about something that's adjacent to that. Like people always say, the thing I like about Rob is he doesn't take himself seriously. I hate that as much as I hate the vulnerable thing, because I do take myself. If I'm not gonna take myself seriously, who the fuck is gonna take.
You're not a character.
No, but. You know what I mean. But they use it all the time. But what they're saying, I'm willing to discuss.
And not hide my flaws. Yeah. I hate the phrase he doesn't take himself seriously.
