I started watching this Netflix series called “2 Broke Girls” and I realized something deeper than the comedy…
These two girls work at the same place but have two completely different mindsets.
The blonde one grew up wealthy and somehow became BROKE. But even while broke:
- She’s still positive and always looks on the bright side of things
– She’s business-minded and
– Sees opportunities in things
While the other one grew up poor and it shows too. She has a negative view of life, a victim mentality and believes that she’s destined to fail.
And something hit me while I was watching one of the episodes…
Your background really shapes who you are as a person; how you think, how you view the world and even how you respond to opportunities.
Rich kids are taught how to think about money, business and growth. While poor kids are taught how to survive, manage struggle and “manage their expectations.”
That difference is LOUD.
This is why self-development is so important. Because sometimes it’s not that you’re not lazy, you’re just acting based on what you’re used to and from the beliefs your background instilled in you 🤷🏾♀️
Sometimes, you need a whole new mindset + environment not just setting new goals.
Because even though you set new goals as long as your mindset stays the same, guess what? Tomorrow the loop will repeat itself
I just found out that talking to yourself & making up scenarios in your head is sign of mental illness…. Baby I be acting out interviews, acceptance speeches etc. I’m too far GONE
I had a friend who used to call me at 4am crying about her boyfriend. I’d wake up, listen, let her vent, and then go back to sleep, more than once. One night I couldn’t sleep, so I thought I’d return the favor and called her at 4am. She answered and told me she was sleeping, & I should call back tomorrow. Moral of the story: always remember that energy you give isn’t always going to be reciprocated—set your boundaries, even with “friends.”
Take care of your appearance. Lift the weights. Eat healthy food. Sleep like an athlete. Dress like you care. Fix your posture. Moisturize your face. Your look is your business card. Make it look like you give a fuck.
Welcome 2026.
I’ll never forget the day my professor changed my whole perspective on love. The class was loud until he asked, “If you’re in a relationship, do you still get crushes?” Silence washed over us. He drew a heart, wrote “Loyalty” and “Faithfulness” inside. “So if love contains these, why does someone else still catch your attention?”No one could answer. I whispered, “Because it’s not love.” He turns, smiles knowingly. “Exactly. Just because you’re in a relationship doesn’t mean you’re already in love. Sometimes we’re only in a relationship because we love the idea of being with someone who cares for us.” That line stayed with me. He wasn’t just teaching a subject… he was teaching life. 🫶
Easiest ways to get rich:
1. Sell men lust
2. Sell women beauty
3. Sell parents peace
4. Sell kids dreams
5. Sell the rich safety
6. Sell the broke hope
Same game. Different packaging.
when i was a kid i wanted this so bad and my mom got it for me for my birthday. later that day i overheard her telling my aunt that it was a pricey doll but i really wanted it. i felt terrible and told my mom i didn’t like it and asked her to return it. this has haunted me my whole life. i hate getting gifts because i feel guilty when people spend money on me. i told my husband about this and he brought it up to my mom and she has no memory of this. doll wasn’t expensive. my brother said wait i think i saw that in the basement. it was in the basement. she never returned it. i have been haunted by this doll that i thought was going to put my family in the poor house for 30 years and she never even returned it. anyway i’m in therapy now.
okay… here goes;
my friend once told me that the strongest people are usually the ones who never got the love they deserved at the age they needed it most.
they grew up learning to be their own comfort. they became the ones who check on others because nobody checked on them.
they mastered resilience not because they wanted to be strong, but because every time they reached out,
no one reached back.
they laugh the loudest, because silence reminds them of every room they cried in alone. they give the best advice, because they had to heal themselves without directions.
they are soft, painfully soft even though life taught them hardness first.
and the saddest part?
you meet them today and think:
“wow, you’re so independent.” but you’ll never see the little kid inside who prayed for at least one person to choose them… and stay.
there are people you know right now who carry their entire world alone, and you will never notice until it crashes.
oh well, that’s none of your business.
but maybe it should be.🫶🏽
bakit kaya pag galing ka sa "humble" background, you have to do twice as much to prove that you deserve a seat at the table
pag galing ka sa "privilege" any normal chore you do is glorified because what, you weren't expected to do it yet you still did?
the bar is low
no one talks about the personality shift as you get older. where you no longer want to be impressive, you want to be rested. you want to be regulated and completely unavailable to anything that drains you
i watched my coworker cry in her car for 20 minutes, then walked back in smiling like nothing happened. people really be fighting silent battles every day
this is the grind culture in mumbai i’m so proud of
got in the back of a local black and yellow cab and saw a qr code hanging from the front seat
i assumed it was a payment code and was already impressed with the efficiency so i asked the driver
turns out it’s his kid’s youtube channel where he makes rap music.
let me remind you he doesn’t come from privilege, probably not v educated, but he took what he got, and maximised it into a distribution channel on wheels
now everytime his dad carries a curious passenger, kid gets views
so simple yet so enterprising
this is agency.
My former team member died, they still unlocked his computer, exported his almost completed work, finished it up, sent it to the client.
Know when to stop.