This is the most true and empathetic response to suicide.
A young man I knew and liked self-destructed. With addiction it’s hard to say how intentional it was.
He’d asked a pastor if any sin was unforgivable. I still wish he hadn’t said “No.”
Any time one of you boobs from the government whether if it's the @CIA or @FBI, bring up 9/11 on the 25th Anniversary, I will just throw it right back in your face, because anybody with a thinking brain, who knows how demolitions work, knows that was an inside job.
Y’all, this isn’t just another “save money at the grocery store” video.
This is the same spirit my mama lived by in the 70s and 80s when a trip to the store meant stretching every dollar and still putting real food on the table. We didn’t call it “life hacks.” We just called it knowing how to take what you already have and turn it into something better.
Watching this guy take everyday kitchen staples and recreate store-bought products reminded me of those days: garlic that actually tastes like garlic instead of sitting in a dusty jar for months, things you can make in five minutes that last weeks, and the quiet satisfaction of knowing exactly what’s in it because you made it yourself.
There’s something powerful about that kind of self-reliance. It’s not about being cheap. It’s about being capable. It’s about teaching the grandkids that you don’t have to buy everything in a pretty package. Sometimes the best version is the one you stir together in your own kitchen.
If you’ve ever stood in the grocery aisle looking at the price of something simple and thought, “I could probably make this,” this is your permission slip. Start with one. See how it feels. Then try another.
That’s the real substance here — not just saving a few dollars, but remembering we still have the skills our parents and grandparents used every single day.
In May 2016, 15-year-old Karinya “Yaya” Chen was in hospice care in Austin, Texas after years of fighting cancer. She had tickets to see Florence The Machine, but by the night of the concert, she was simply too sick to go.
So the people at Hospice Austin reached out to the band.
And Florence Welch came to her.
Florence and guitarist Rob Ackroyd walked into Karinya’s room and gave her the concert she couldn't make it to. They sang “Shake It Out” and “Dog Days Are Over,” with Karinya singing and harmonizing right alongside them.
A few months later, Karinya lost her battle with cancer at just 15 years old.
But for one afternoon, none of that seemed to matter.
There was just a young girl, one of her favorite singers, a guitar, a room full of people who loved her... and music.
Sometimes the smallest act of kindness can become one of the biggest moments of someone's life.
This is what being human is supposed to look like.🙏
She finally found the perfect lipstick shade for brown & olive undertones! MAC's Warm Teddy is perfection for brown and olive skin tones! Meets all her expectations and worth every single penny.
A nurse quit the ER to run an IV hydration van funded by $40,000 in 0% business credit and she makes more on a Sunday morning than she made in a month at the hospital
She parks outside nightclub districts at 6am. Hungover people crawl out of Ubers looking half-dead. She charges them $175 to sit in her van for 30 minutes and get pumped full of saline, B12, and anti-nausea meds through an IV
She does 15-20 patients every Saturday and Sunday morning. $175 x 18 average = $3,150 per weekend. $12,600/month from weekends alone
Monday through Friday she does corporate wellness events ($2,000 per booking), bachelorette parties ($250/person, groups of 8-12), and house calls for rich people who want "vitamin infusions" ($300 per visit)
Total monthly revenue: $28,000-$35,000
"you need to be a doctor to do this"
No. In most states a registered nurse can administer IVs under a physician's standing order. She pays a doctor $500/month to be her medical director. He signs the standing protocols. She does the work. He plays golf. It's the same structure urgent cares and med spas use
Her startup costs on 0% cards:
Used Mercedes Sprinter van: $22,000
Medical build-out inside the van (IV chairs, mini fridge, sharps containers, medical lighting): $8,000
IV supplies first 3 months (bags, tubing, vitamins, syringes): $3,200
Insurance (malpractice + commercial auto + general liability): $4,800/year
Marketing (Instagram + TikTok + Google ads): $2,000 first month
Total startup: $40,000. All on Chase Ink and Amex Blue Business Plus at 0%
Cost per patient:
IV bag with B-vitamins and saline: $8-$12
Tubing and needle: $3
Medical waste disposal per unit: $1
Total cost per treatment: roughly $14
She charges $175. That's a 92% gross margin. On a medical service. That takes 30 minutes
The cards were paid off by month 3 from weekend revenue alone. She now clears $22,000-$28,000/month after all expenses
Her hospital salary as an ER nurse working 12-hour overnight shifts: $5,800/month after taxes. She was cleaning up vomit for $34/hour
Now she injects vitamins into influencers for $175 and makes $350/hour working 4 days a week
Her busiest day ever: New Year's Day 2026. She set up in a hotel parking garage in downtown Austin. 38 patients between 7am and 2pm. Revenue: $6,650 in 7 hours. She made more before lunch than her old ER paycheck for two weeks
She told me the funniest part is that half her patients are finance bros who spent $800 at the club the night before and then negotiate with her over $175 to feel human again. She doesn't negotiate. There's a line out the van. Next
A registered nurse left a $70K/year hospital job to run a hangover clinic out of a van bought with Chase's money and she'll clear $300K this year sticking needles in people who drank too much lmfaooo
link in my bio and i'll show you how you can qualify for up to 250k in 0% APR funding (if you have a 700+)
Finally, someone made a video explaining how to read a tape measure. I’ve gone my whole life just counting the little lines like, “Okay, that’s 6 inches… plus five little lines."
He said he’d show us how to read a tape measure in under a minute… turns out he’s much better at reading measurements than he is at reading a clock.
Meanwhile, this guy is out here making it sound so simple. I feel both educated and personally attacked.
Do how to read a tape measure, or are you also out here counting lines like me?
There is a process that I have used, and still use, to reignite life...
Create two timelines—6 months and 12 months—and list up to five things you dream of having (including, but not limited to, material wants: house, car, clothing, etc.), being (be a great cook, be fluent in Chinese, etc.), and doing (visiting Thailand, tracing your roots overseas, racing ostriches, etc.) in that order.
If you have difficulty identifying what you want in some categories, as most will, consider what you hate or fear in each and write down the opposite.
Do not limit yourself, and do not concern yourself with how these things will be accomplished. For now, it’s unimportant. This is an exercise in reversing repression.
Be sure not to judge or fool yourself. If you really want a Ferrari, don’t put down solving world hunger out of guilt. For some, the dream will be fame, for others fortune or prestige. All people have their vices and insecurities. If something will improve your feeling of self-worth, put it down.
Drawing a blank? In that case, consider these questions:
1) What would you do, day to day, if you had $100 million in the bank?
2) What would make you most excited to wake up in the morning to another day?
Don’t rush—think about it for a few minutes.
If still blocked, fill in the five “doing” spots with the following:
— one place to visit
— one thing to do before you die (a memory of a lifetime)
— one thing to do daily
— one thing to do weekly
— one thing you’ve always wanted to learn
What does “being” entail doing?
Convert each “being” into a “doing” to make it actionable. Identify an action that would characterize this state of being or a task that would mean you had achieved it. People find it easier to brainstorm “being” first, but this column is just a temporary holding spot for “doing” actions.
Here are a few examples:
1) Great cook —> make Christmas dinner without help
2) Fluent in Chinese —> have a five-minute conversation with a Chinese co-worker
Determine three steps for each of the dreams in just the 6-month timeline and take the first step now.
Define three steps for each dream that will get you closer to its actualization.
Set actions—simple, well-defined actions—for now, tomorrow (complete before 11 A.M.) and the day after (again completed before 11 A.M.). Once you have three steps for each of the four goals, complete the three actions in the “now” column.
Do it now. Each should be simple enough to do in five minutes or less. If not, rachet it down. If it’s the middle of the night and you can’t call someone, do something else now, such as send an e-mail, and set the call for first thing tomorrow.
If the next stage is some form of research, get in touch with someone who knows the answer instead of spending too much time in books or online, which can turn into paralysis by analysis.
The best first step, the one I recommend, is finding someone who’s done it and ask for advice on how to do the same.
whoever built this app is a genius.
an app where your guests record your event and create a shared memory album.
$20k/month, 7.5M views.
people spending $30k on a wedding won’t think twice about another $10.
tldr: don’t build for broke people.
If I got laid off tomorrow & had to replace my salary asap, here’s exactly what I’d do:
1. Go to Instagram and start a fresh account. Use a spare email. No one has to know.