Get Your Swagger On

How much swaggage are you carrying?

Your self-esteem is built on swagger and so without it you can’t strut your stuff.

Getting your swagger on is therefore pretty damn essential because it let’s the world know you mean business.

The problem for us cancery folks is that cancer can rob us of our swagger and peacock fanning capabilities.

Without swagger, it puts a ceiling on your life.

Quite clearly this situation is unacceptable. We need swaggage to live our best lives and if we’ve lost it, we’ve got to get it back sharpish.

Easier said than done when you’re feeling like poo but that swagger is actually still there, it’s just resting.

That’s the good news – swaggage is an inside job but you will have to fight for it.

If you are struggling to find your swaggage then you can always fake it till you make it.

There are many different types of swaggage to connect with too.

If you can hip-hop, bebop, dance til ya drop and yo-yo, then you’re particularly well-suited to the Mrs Doubtfire version of swaggage.

Perhaps you could emulate the soul and swagger of James Brown and give it some funky chicken, the mashed potato or a cheeky boogaloo. It’s worth a try.

You don’t have to dance to go into swagger mode either. Anything with a little spring in your step will do or just strike a pose.

If you can walk into a room with confidence then others will believe it too. This is one big con trick but that’s okay, you are allowed and you are not breaking any laws.

Walk the walk, move your hips, you can talk without your lips! 

With every fibre in your being, pretend you are the hot-dog. What harm will it do if you’re by yourself?!

Excessive swaggage is generally not well-received but displaying lots of swaggage doesn’t mean you have to big-headed about it, just big-hearted and up for life.

Swaggage is something that can still be done with humility because this is more about being confident in yourself. So….

• You can parade without being arrogant
• You can sashay without being a diva
• You can stalk without being a dork
• You can swashbuckle without being a pirate

If you have achieved something significant then you have every reason to lord it. Go ahead and strike a pose.

If you have achieved something insignificant then you also have the right to showboat. Go ahead and make a splash.

Swagger isn’t you saying to the world you are better than they are. Far from it. It’s just saying that you are bigger than the situation you find yourself in and you can handle it.

Let’s face it, cancer treatment is no catwalk but you can swagger to your chair in the ward and you can swagger out again with your head held high. Why not play to the crowd? Why not play to the gallery? You’ve blinkin’ well deserved it.

Don’t put yourself on mute, get your swagger on and blow your own trumpet.

Your confidence isn’t supposed to be held on a lead. It needs letting loose so it can run free.

Call yourself Mick Swagger and strut your stuff!