What are You Waiting For?

Sometimes the most relevant question is the simplest question.

I know I’m probably going to take a fair amount of shit for this reference, but I don’t really care. Nestled amongst Nickelback’s overplayed radio crap rock lies numerous tracks that deserve more credit than they’ll ever get. And among those is another track that I found myself jamming on repeat for days in the months leading up to coming out as Transgender.

The song’s title and meaning are as blunt as a board to the side of the head, and the message couldn’t have been better received. “What are You Waiting For” was definitely a trigger for my transition. So I suppose if anyone who preferred me as a “man” was looking for another reason to hate Nickelback, this might very well serve as good ammunition.

“What are you waiting for” became my prevailing thought for so long, I had no choice but to ask myself all the questions that the song dares to ask. Was I mitigating my own fear through silence and suffering? Was I afraid that I wouldn’t be loved; that I would lose love, or become unloveable? The truth is, I could never know without pushing myself to live authentically.