I need to make a very PUBLIC announcement on behalf of younger GenXers and older Millennials.
If you see someone in their 40s or 50s who seems a little boring now, I need you to understand something...
We already got it in.
Like...GOT. IT. IN.
We are not sitting home on a Friday night because we never knew how to have fun.
We are sitting home on a Friday night because we have seen enough.
We went to parties in houses that should have been condemned and were almost certainly owned by the local drug dealer.
We saw police lights and RAN and not across a nice, flat field.
INTO THE WOODS.
Do you understand the athleticism required to hurdle uprooted tree roots in platform shoes while simultaneously trying to keep your low-rise jeans from sliding completely off your ass?
And somehow...we never spilled the Zima. We never spilled the Boone’s Farm.
That was TALENT.
We slept on floors in strange houses because the designated driver either never showed up or, in a shocking turn of events, was drunker than everybody else.
There was no Uber, Life360 or Find My Friends.
There was just somebody named Mike saying, “I know a shortcut.”
And we FOLLOWED MIKE.
We closed down bars and then decided the night was still young, so we drove to Atlantic City, where we somehow managed to get drunk, sober up, get drunk again, sober up again and then get drunk a THIRD TIME before breakfast.
And according to our parents? We were at Michelle’s house.
Eating pizza and watching movies.
Michelle’s mother unknowingly covered for approximately 17 people every weekend. If there even was a Michelle.
We drank things called Purple Passion, Mad Dog 20/20 and whatever somebody mixed inside a giant plastic garbage can. Nobody asked what was in it. You grabbed a red Solo cup and trusted the process.
We went to clubs until the lights came on. Do you know the psychological damage of seeing a nightclub with the LIGHTS ON? Nothing good happens after those lights come on.
We danced for four straight hours in shoes that permanently altered the structure of our feet.
We made entire plans without cell phones...no texts, dropped pins or group chats...just an extremely questionable sense of direction.
We rode in cars with 11 people when the vehicle legally seated five. Someone was always sitting on someone. Someone was always in the hatchback.
And there was always one friend yelling, “DUCK!” when we passed a cop.
So yes...now we like being home.
We like sweatpants.
We like cancelling plans.
We like saying, “That sounds fun!” with absolutely no intention of attending.
We like restaurants at 5:30 because we can get a good table.
We like being home by 8:17.
And if someone texts at 9:30 PM and says, “What are you doing?”
Sleeping...we are sleeping.
Because this is not boring my friends...this is retirement.
We already played, partied and danced on the bar.
We already ran from the cops through a wooded area dressed like a Spice Girl.
We have stories that cannot be posted because there are still people with careers, marriages and reputations to protect. And thank GOD there were no camera phones.
So kids, when you look at your Gen X and older Millennial parents sitting peacefully on the couch watching Dateline at 8 PM and think:
“God, you guys are boring.”
Sweetheart...oh sweetheart.
You are looking at retired legends.
Put some respect on our names. We're probably the reason Life360 was invented.
xoxoxo (posted from someone else on FakeBook) 🤣 #genx #oldandtired
El Boricua No debe Olvidar.....
1. Un chat donde se burlaron de todos, hasta de nuestros muertos y escondieron suministros por toda la isla.
2. En los terremotos, Jennifer González aguantó los suministros para ponerle su logo.
3. En la pandemia, hicieron corrupción con pruebas falsas.
4. Aprobaron la deuda por 40 años sin vistas públicas ni debates. (Video que verá abajo)
5. Miguel Romero, Jennifer González junto a Fortuño aprobaron la Ley 7, donde se despidió a miles de trabajadores.
6. El PNP y PPD crearon la deuda de Puerto Rico e hicieron que la AEE se fuera a la quiebra para meter a LUMA.
SON TANTAS COSAS PARA NO VOTAR POR ELLOS...
Because complex trauma isn't recognized, it's just labeled as anxiety, or ADHD or anything to quickly medicate so that woman can get back to what she's always done: going and going and sacrificing and sacrificing. Society back to normal...
The fact that trauma survivors are often highly sensitive & have this overdeveloped sense of empathy can make it hard for us to hold abusers accountable, or to cut ties when we need to.
We wanna give everyone second & third & fourth chances-- everyone but ourselves, of course.
Culture romanticizes the "selfless" mother. The idea that a good mother betrays herself. Puts everyone else first & her needs don't matter at all.
Meanwhile mothers are angry, exhausted, and silently suffering under the expectation to do it all.
This isn't surprising. Mothers have needs and were never meant to do it alone.
Texto: Gabriel García Márquez
"A cuántos hombres he escuchado decir que desean a una mujer inteligente en sus vidas.
Yo los animaría a que lo pensaran bien.
Las mujeres inteligentes
toman decisiones por si mismas, tienen deseos propios y ponen límites.
Tú nunca serás el centro de su vida porque ésta gira en torno a ella misma.
Una mujer inteligente no va a dejarse manipular ni chantajear, ella no se traga culpas, asume responsabilidades.
Las mujeres inteligentes
cuestionan, analizan, discuten,
no se conforman, avanzan.
Esas mujeres tuvieron vida antes de ti y saben que la seguirán teniendo una vez que tu te hayas ido.
Ella está para avisar, no para pedir permiso.
Esas mujeres no buscan en la pareja a un líder a quien seguir,
a un papá que les resuelva la vida, ni un hijo a quien rescatar.
Ellas no quieren seguirte ni marcarle el camino a nadie,
quieren caminar a tu lado.
Ella sabe que la vida libre de violencia es un derecho,
no un lujo ni un privilegio.
Ellas expresan enojo, tristeza,
alegría y miedo por igual,
porque saben que el miedo
no las vuelve débiles de la misma forma en que el enojo no las vuelve "masculinas".
Esas dos emociones y las demás, todas en conjunto, la vuelven humana Y ya!
Una mujer inteligente es libre porque ha peleado por su libertad.
Pero no es víctima, es sobreviviente.
No trates de encadenarla
porque ella sabrá como escapar.
Recuerda que ya lo ha hecho antes.
La mujer inteligente sabe que su valor no radica en la apariencia de su cuerpo
ni en lo que haga con él.
Piénsalo dos veces antes de juzgarla por su edad, estatura, volumen o conducta sexual,
porque esto es violencia emocional y ella lo sabe.
Así que... antes de abrir la boca para decir que deseas
a una mujer "inteligente" en tu vida, pregúntate si tú realmente estás hecho para encajar en la suya."
Créditos al autor ✍🏽
la ansiedad no es solamente acostarse y llorar; la ansiedad te engorda, adelgaza, te salen granos, se te va el hambre, no te puedes concentrar, te sientes insuficiente, causa dolores físicos y psicológicos, aún así hay mucha gente que no lo entiende y lo minimiza.
Unpopular opinion: our parents don’t need to approve of our lives or offer us support as adults. It’s our job to learn how to support ourselves and make choices that align with who we want to be— not who our parents believe we are.
Maybe it’s not burn out. Maybe it’s a sign you’re unappreciated and doing work that doesn’t provide you with a sense of meaning or purpose. Maybe it’s your body saying: no more of this.
lo mejor que me pasó fue entender que nadie merece mi tiempo o mi atención si no es capaz de darme la suya o valorarme; desde ahí dejé de quedarme donde no había lugar para mi, de esperar cosas que no iban a llegar y de estar para gente que no lo merecía.
Ser humilde no es ser pobre. He conocido gente que vive peso a peso y son tremendos come mierdas. Y he conocido panas con mucho dinero y son súper sencillos y humildes.
estás en el cielo pero, siempre me acuerdo de ti, en cualquier lado, en cualquier momento, día, noche, siempre miro al cielo, y me pregunto si me ves aún, y si me extrañas tanto como yo lo hago.