Underrated life skill: Learn to introduce yourself well. Look people in the eye, speak clearly, say something you’re excited about, and give a specific reason you’re glad to meet them. The first 10 seconds set the tone for everything after. Such a simple way to stand out.
You gotta book holidays, lunches, coffee dates in advance. So that when work gets busy this year, you’ve already made plans to rest, to breathe and to restore your soul. These plans are a non-negotiable!
I watched a man film his daughter's first steps and he watched it through the screen. she walked toward him and he was not there he was in the rectangle and she reached for a ghost. that is the whole thing now. we are building a perfect archive of a life no one attended
HOT TAKE: gender-neutral language often ends up erasing women, not empowering them. when “mother” becomes “birthing parent,” it’s not inclusive, it’s dehumanizing.
After a certain age, your parents slowly become your children.
They ask simple questions, repeat stories, and depend on your patience the way you once depended on theirs. Very few understand this role reversal. What looks like innocence or inconvenience is really time coming full circle. Don’t correct them harshly. Don’t rush them. Care for them the way they once protected you. This is not a burden. It is repayment, quietly wrapped as love.
A simple rule for life that rarely fails:
Optimize for enthusiasm. Make as many choices as you can that leave you feeling energetic and interested. Pay attention to when you have the urge to pursue or participate in something and do more of it.
Every time I see someone switch careers, I’m reminded that life is a journey of discovery. You can enjoy a course of study but find the actual work unfulfilling. It is okay to start over to find something you love. We are capable of evolving, so don't settle until you find it.
Gen Z is done having their work ethic questioned.
“Most boomers don’t know what it’s like to work over 40 hours each week and still not be able to afford a home”, per Fortune.
I’m begging people to go make friends
Stop setting so many arbitrary “boundaries,” stop discarding people and cutting them off for every difference of opinion or inconvenience, stop staying in, stop prioritizing yourself at the expense of your relationships, GO MAKE FRIENDS