Most introverts are genuinely kind and caring people. They stay quiet, avoid drama, and give people more chances than they should. But once you betray their trust or hurt them deeply, they can walk away without saying a word. Don’t mistake their silence for weakness
Being 43 is wild. People your age are living completely different lives.
Some are grandparents. Some are raising toddlers. Some are newly divorced. Some are newly engaged. Some haven’t slept in three years. Some are in St. Tropez posting Aperol spritzes from a yacht.
Some look 25.
Some look like they personally remember the invention of Tupperware.
Nobody got the same assignment.
If Pizza Hut can return, then we can resurrect Blockbuster.
And we should.
While Netflix made things more “convenient” we lost something irreplaceable:
The ritual of going to a place with your family or friends to choose a story together.
That experience was special.
Crying is the body's way of processing emotions.
Apologizing for crying or telling someone to stop crying blocks our brain from releasing painful events.
The Science of Tears:
Nobody talks about the late 30s to 40s personality shift, where you no longer want to be impressive. You want to be more rested, reserved, and completely unavailable to anything that draining.
"Opalite is about FORGIVING YOURSELF for having gone through something that didn't pan out."
"When we go through something that doesn't work out—we oftentimes look at it as this major SETBACK—so many of those instances have CATAPULTED me FORWARD in growth, wisdom, perspective."
SNL just went after ICE on Weekend Update:
Michael Che: “I get that ICE agents are people… allegedly… and they have a job to do. But at some point while you’re pepper-spraying old ladies or shooting at a nurse, do you ever stop to ask yourself… ‘Are we dicks?’”