Finances are a taboo topic for women but the only TRUE “soft life” you will ever have comes in the form of financial stability. You can get all the massages and do all the shopping but if your cortisol spikes every time rent is due or you have an emergency what is the point ?
This Yung Miami and India Arie conversation so funny because it proves India’s pov in real time when people are arguing against her. Black women have breeded and accepted our own degeneracy and begging for respect. Practicing how we playing.
The thing about Lauryn Hill that most new age music fans seem to miss is that being the icon she is has less to do with her critically acclaimed solo album —and more to do with the fact that she chose herself and her peace over an industry that we’ve seen mentally ruin and kill so many of our greats.
Nah. 27-33 aren't your humbling years. They're your awakening years.
So many people misunderstand this phase of life.
That's when you start seeing things clearly. Everything suddenly dawns on you. You realize what you want, what doesn't matter, and how much time you've wasted.
Some people mistake that clarity for failure because they wish they had figured it out earlier.
But if you're determined, you can build more in those few years than you did in your entire early twenties.