LIVE Boldly! Mismatched Socks Movement

Stop caring what other people think. So I just got back from teaching a level 6 salsa class at Toronto Dance Salsa, and I shared a message with my students that they liked, and I thought I'm going to share with Believe Nation too. And that was to stop caring what people think. We have recently moved into our new condo, and as part of the moving process, you go through old clothes and things you want keep and what you're not going to keep. And I had this basket of socks, single socks, socks that I couldn't find a pair for. And I was kind of secretly hoping that one of these days it'll turn up in the wash, that missing extra pair that goes with these socks. I had a bunch of socks that just weren't being worn. I thought, you know what, I'm gonna chuck them. Like, I haven't found the pair yet, moving, I'm gonna chuck them. I don't want to have these single socks. And then I thought about Hayden, my son who's almost 7 now, and he loves wearing different colored socks. He never matches his socks. We buy his socks in pairs, but he never matches them. He insists on wearing different colored socks all the time. And, uh, go for it, embrace it, whatever, I don't care. You want to wear pajamas to go to Costco? You want to wear a cape outside? Awesome, I don't care. So you want to wear different color socks? Amazing. And then I thought, well, if he's doing it, why shouldn't I be doing it? Why shouldn't I wear different colored socks? Why do they need to match all the time? And the initial instinct that came back was, well, what are people going to think if I show up wearing different colored socks? And then my default action whenever I kind of think about that is, who cares? Like, who cares what other people think? And then I had to do it, of course, right? I had to do it. If I think that I'm worried about what other people think, then I had to go and do it, of course. So today to class, I wore different colored socks. Socks, and I told them that they get bonus points if they wear different colored socks as well, and that you need to express yourself, and that you shouldn't care about what other people think, and you gotta live your life. So here are my different colored socks. They don't match, and I'm owning it today. So I hope this inspires you to tomorrow wear different colored socks, wear mismatched socks, just for the heck of it. And don't care what other people think. That's it. Hope you're having a great weekend. Continue to believe, and I'll see you soon.