Chris Ro

University professor by day, a guest in street styles + hip hop by night. Photography, video production, and design side-hustler. 🇵🇭🌵🤙🏽

[Chris Ro @chrisjoro]

My New Year’s resolution for 2022 is to buy something for myself with a bit of each paycheck for no reason other than just wanting it. The goal is to stop feeling guilty/worried every time I spend money. Documenting this on a thread to see if I actually keep it up.

[Chris Ro @chrisjoro]

Too many thoughts. Might just start making life decisions by flipping a coin.

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Anything for you 🫶🏽

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I just need to get through these last 4 weeks of the semester. Almost done!

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A friend told me they saw someone post that they were simultaneously “I’m tired of this, Grandpa!” and “That’s too damn bad!” …and I’ve never related to something more in my life.

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Working on a conference proposal with 2 colleagues. Their bios include “over 30 years of experience in P-20 education” & “over 20 years in higher education in both student affairs and teaching roles”… I’m barely starting year 7 of my career and feel so underqualified right now.

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Surrounded by people with their doctorate degrees, but I just need to remind myself that I earned my spot at the table and belong in this space.

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Never thought I’d be a podcast person, but I’m over here listening to random people I don’t know and laughing at their conversations.

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Shoutout to the type of friends that make you want to drop whatever you’re doing to run after them and say bye when they try to leave without saying anything 🫶🏽

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Somehow got hyper-fixated on cleaning up my house and just did random chores for 5 hours.

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What I learned from sticking to this New Year’s resolution:

1) I shouldn’t feel buyer’s remorse for major purchases.
2) Saving money is cool but only useful if I’m actually saving for something.
3) It’s okay to buy things that I don’t “need” because I work hard to earn my money.

[Chris Ro @chrisjoro]

My New Year’s resolution for 2022 is to buy something for myself with a bit of each paycheck for no reason other than just wanting it. The goal is to stop feeling guilty/worried every time I spend money. Documenting this on a thread to see if I actually keep it up.

[Chris Ro @chrisjoro]

Got paid the last week of December and decided to go big for my final purchase… bought an iPhone 14 Pro Max to finish off my 2022 New Year’s resolution!

[Chris Ro @chrisjoro]

Someone with LinkedIn Premium keeps lurking on my profile every few days… or maybe the views are coming from different people? Either way, quit playing games and just tell me about the job opportunity!

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Won my first ever eBay auction this afternoon! Had high levels of adrenaline and anxiety because there was a bidding war during the last couple of minutes, but I was able to put in the final bid for the win!

[Chris Ro @chrisjoro]

One of my favorite things to do when I’m feeling overwhelmed by what I need to get done is ignore those tasks and instead do other things that can most definitely wait… then just feel 10x more overwhelmed later. I am the reason for future me’s problems.