You weren’t looking for her. But there she was—grinning from a crack in the dry earth, petals too orange, too loud, too much. Sticky Monkeyflower doesn’t ask permission to thrive. She shows up sticky, sun-kissed, and scandalously alive. She didn’t ask what you were doing here. She just winked and said, “Finally.”

Today, wear something that feels a little too bold for you. That shirt you think might be “too much”? The lipstick you love but never wear? Yes. That.

Before you head out or take a selfie, put a dab of something sweet (like honey, maple syrup, lip gloss) right on your lips. Let yourself feel ridiculous. Let yourself feel good.

Then choose one of these actions (or all three, if you’re feeling chaotic):

1. Send a flirty or overly kind message to someone who lights you up.

2. Post a bold selfie with a caption that’s pure chaotic hot girl weirdness.

3. Walk around your house like you're the hottest, most eccentric witch in the chaparral. Bonus points for narrating your life aloud like a nature documentary.

Say out loud:
“I survive by seducing the sun. I am not here to be palatable.”

Then grin at yourself like the trouble you are.