Sometimes I just think about how there’s absolutely no silver lining to Shein. The clothes are full of lead. The clothes are made in exploitative conditions. The clothes are contributing to pollution and global warming. The clothing designs are stolen. And the clothes fall apart.
Overextending yourself doesn’t make people appreciate you more unfortunately. It makes them value your time and comfort a lot less. People-pleasing is a race to the bottom.
When you hear Rishi Sunak propose a £200 *loan* as a solution for households facing energy bills rocketing by £693, remember:
He's the richest MP, who last night in Parliament pushed through a tax cut for bankers worth £1,000,000,000 a year.
Sunak's on their side, not yours.
a girl on tik tok just said “I would rather adjust my life to your absence, than adjust my boundaries to accommodate your disrespect” and I think that a lot of people need to take that and really engrave it into their soul.