One thing adulthood has taught me is that I am not above anything. Homelessness, death, no job, literally anything can happen. Hence, I must never be too quick to speak over situations I’ve never found myself in. No one is above anything, not even your good actions can save you from your fair share of trials.
Life is crazy. Tables turn. Always stay humble & be grateful. ✌
Your entire life will change the day you realize discipline is the highest form of self-respect. It’s choosing what you want most over what you want now. It’s keeping your word. It’s an act of service to your future self.
Definitely not tech roles. They will give you a live coding test. On a shared screen. With 3 engineers watching in silence. No Google. No ChatGPT. Just you and your lies.
i think one of the healthiest things i've ever learned is that you should allow others to reintroduce themselves to you, even your closest friends. Give people space to become who they are without assuming you know who they are just because you've been friends/family for years
One of the greatest cultural losses that took place between my grandparents generation and my parents generation, and completely extinct by mine, was the idea of company, of random and unexpected visitors, the “we were just passing by” pop-ins.
It just seems implausible this is what we are made of, essentially, nanotechnology about a billion years beyond anything we can design or make ourselves.
that’s bc they truly understand the price of community is inconvenience. some people in our generation treat connection as something to be offered only when it’s easy, when they feel like it, when they’re free or when they have the capacity. our grandparents showed up regardless.
I remember tweeting about Black kids being “othered” and called “white” in school. A lot of Black people got mad, downplayed it, and acted like it had no effect. And yet, Black people are still having their Blackness questioned as adults in 2025 for their hobbies or the way they dress lmao. While yall are trying to debate the Blackness of actual Black people, yall are handing out cookout invites to non-Black people.