Officially a college graduate 👩🏽🎓 ‼️
S/O to my firstGen students we did it for the fam
S/O to my minorities we overcame our adversities
S/O to class of 2020 we did the damn thang
It’s only up from here📈 May God bless us all in health, happiness, and wealth, 🙏🏾 ✨🙌🏾
I grew up resenting my aunt for being well-off but not helping us financially.
When I started working, I promised myself I’d be a better version of her. I helped siblings, nieces, nephews, family — whoever needed it.
Then Black Tax had me in a chokehold, and eventually debt started catching up with me.
That’s when I learned to set boundaries.
I finally understood that I don’t owe anyone financial support simply because we’re family. And, most importantly, I stopped feeling guilty about it.
Funny how adulthood teaches you to understand the people you once judged.
I DO NOT want self-driving cars.
I DO NOT want humanoid robots.
I DO NOT want Al in every app I use.
I want clean water.
I want a stable climate.
I want a habitable planet.
Your job is important but, so are your workouts, your lunch breaks, vacation days, hobbies, the people waiting for you when you get home.
Works pays for your life. It isn't supposed to replace it.
Call it a millennial crisis if you want...
But in my 30's, I realized I don't actually want the life I worked so hard for. I don't care about titles. I don't care about climbing anyone else's ladder. I care about time. I care about slow mornings. I care about peace.I care about bare feet at the beach with nowhere to be.
I still want to make money... just not at the cost of my life.
Tonight at a shopping mall , I watched a 5 year old boy ask a little girl if he could hug her because he liked her sweater. She said, "No.” He smiled, "Okay! I like your sweater. Bye!" and ran back to his dad. To his dad, he proudly said: "I didn't hug her because she said no... but I told her I liked her sweater!" His dad replied, “Cool, buddy!" ...and they went on shopping.
If a 5-year-old boy can understand consent and respect a "No," then so can every adult
I be in my apartment like wow. Thank you God- I’m able to afford food, pay my rent, keep the lights on and the water running. I just be so grateful. Idk
And hear me when I say this, YOU SERVE NO PURPOSE VISITING A NEWBORN AFTER 5pm… OTHER THAN THROWING THEM OFF A ROUTINE THATS ALREADY HANGING BY A THREAD AND OVERSTIMULATING A ALREADY TIRED PARENT.
There, I said it🙂↕️.