I am dead serious when I say this: If anyone ever comes into your workplace and asks for a coworkerās shift times, do not tell them. You have no idea who is asking. I always say, āIām sorry, but Iām not at liberty to disclose that information.ā Protect your coworkers.
I remember someone on here saying this generation has a crippling case of moral ocd and I canāt help but agree. Youāre never going to be able to enjoy anything ever if you insist on navigating the art/media this way
The best career advice I ever received: There's nothing more valuable than someone who can just figure it out. Do some work. Ask the key questions. Get it done. Repeat. If you do that, people will fight over you.
A person who avoids embarrassment will usually avoid growth too. The same situations that threaten your image are often the ones that expand your life.
The most destructive piece of internet lore ever created is the phrase: "If they wanted to, they would."
āIt sounds empowering, but it is actually deeply narcissistic. It assumes that a personās actions are dictated 100% by their desire for you, while completely ignoring their capacity.
āA partner can desperately want to give you the world, but if they are fighting a silent financial war, battling burnout, or dealing with a health crisis, their capacity is at zero. Measuring a stressed partner's love strictly by their ability to "perform" is a lethal mistake. "If they wanted to, they would" is the fastest way to lose a fiercely loyal partner over a temporary lack of bandwidth.
I think itās unethical to use liquid IV or even ibuprofen when youāre hungover. Iām pro excessive drinking but you should have to pay the consequences of it later
We had just gotten back from a ten-day trip abroad, and I was at brunch with a few girlfriends catching up. One of them had her phone out, scrolling through my Instagram stories.
She looked a little disappointed. "The trip looked cute, but did he not book that viral floating breakfast? Or the private boat tour? My algorithm is full of guys surprising their girls with these heavily curated, luxury experiences. I feel like if a man takes you out of the country, he should be acting like a full-time concierge. It's about the aesthetics of being spoiled."
I took a sip of my mimosa and just looked at her.
What she didnāt see on my Instagram story was what happened when we landed. She didn't see him silently taking my 50-pound suitcase the second we got off the carousel and carrying it up three flights of broken subway stairs because the elevator was out. She didn't see him physically placing himself between me and an incredibly aggressive street vendor who wouldn't take no for an answer. She didn't see him stay up an extra hour in the hotel bed, meticulously mapping out the absolute safest walking route for us the next day so we wouldn't end up in a sketchy neighborhood.
The internet has completely rotted our understanding of what it means to be "taken care of." We have been brainwashed by TikTok to believe that a manās highest purpose on a vacation is to be a luxury event coordinator for our social media feeds.
We are out here complaining that a man didn't buy us a $200 aesthetic fruit platter in a pool, completely ignoring the fact that we spent the entire week walking through a foreign country with absolute, unbothered peace of mind because he was acting as our personal logistics manager, navigator, and human shield.
I realized right then: The timeline wants a man to curate an aesthetic. I want the man who absorbs the chaos of the real world so I can actually relax.
I highly recommend NOT MAKING LIFE DECISIONS BASED ON YOUR BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND. Do not stay close to home for them, do not skip opportunities for them, do not pick a university that's close for them. They not the world! Grow yourself, expand your horizons PLEASE.
I think people take āfeelings are validā to mean āmy knee-jerk emotional response is always correctā and that is simply not true. Sometimes you need to overcome your feelings through reflection and logic.
The worst part about getting older is people just donāt like doing things. No one wants to go roller skating or rock climbing or line dancing or thrifting or something. Everyone is tired, everyone is working and people are just over all really really boring
notice how "girls mature faster" is never stated as a reason why girls should be given more positions of power and authority? it only works to hold girls to greater accountability than boys and to justify men's attraction to them