I am always so confused when people say they were intimidated by me at first, but then I thought about it. Why do people not like the independent woman? It all revolves around intimidation. I am an independent, smart, dedicated, hard-working, persistent, determined woman. I promise I do not bite and it's just a mask that I put on for myself. I know for a fact what I want for myself and I will do anything to achieve it. I will never settle for less. Is this selfish? I will never know because I see it as setting goals. I am not afraid to fail and I am not afraid to succeed. I won't lie and say that my success is nothing and I'm not proud of it because I am, and I have worked my butt off for what I have earned. I am also way too hard on myself, but that's just part of my own motivation. I will follow my own path and don't need anyone else's opinion. Of course, I ask and give advice all the time and sometimes I do take it. I am just not going to let the opinion of someone else get in my way.

One of the things that I am very proud of as an independent woman is that I don't need to rely on anyone else to be happy. I have learned from many relationships, with friends and with boys, that you can't rely on other people because they won't always be there. I am confident enough to think that I can do whatever others can do and even try to do it better. Do not get me wrong, I do care about others and would do anything for the ones I care about the most. I actually love to spoil the ones that mean the most to me because they put up with me, and that takes a lot. On the other hand, if you don't like me because of who I am, I am okay with that. If you do something to hurt me I am not going to go out of my way to make it better, although I will go out of my way if I do something that hurt someone else.

I am absolutely not saying that I don't need anyone in my life because I do. I live for the good times and good laughs with my friends. I can't wait for the love of my life to show up and love me for who I am. So next time you meet this independent woman, dig a little deeper because she might not be all so bad.