guys i don’t care if USPS lost your package once or whatever. if we lose USPS it will impact so. many. people. negatively.
it’s the ONLY program we have required to deliver to EVERY address.
My son works full time here in Florida. Let me run his numbers.
State minimum wage is $14/hour. He's at $15.
40 hours a week = $600/week
That's about $2,600/month before taxes.
Florida has no state income tax the thing they sell you on. So after federal and FICA he takes home roughly $2,200.
Average one-bedroom in our area runs about $1,600.
That's 73% of his entire paycheck gone to rent before he eats a single meal.
Leaves him around $600 a month for:
- groceries
- gas
- car insurance
- health insurance
- phone
- emergencies
- savings
Car insurance alone eats a third of that in this state.
He works 40 hours a week and cannot save a dollar. Not because he's careless because there's nothing left to be careless with.
I spent thirty years paying off a house here. He's doing the same job I did at his age and he can't afford a one-bedroom.
That's not a discipline problem. That's not avocado toast.
The floor moved and nobody lowered the ceiling.
Working full time should cover a roof. In Florida it barely covers the rent on one.
All you gotta do is talk to me. You ain’t gotta move weird, lie, disappear, or switch up. I be understanding more than people give me credit for. Just keep it real. I’d rather hear a hard truth than be left trying to figure out why your energy changed.
let your final act of love be the silence that they always wanted. no more begging for their time, replies or effort. step back and let them feel the space where your love used to be. and you, heal.
Some people aren't sorry for what they did. They’re uncomfortable that you know who they really are. They don’t regret the betrayal; they regret the exposure.
i’m not sure why in this day and age random people think they can just talk to u any kind of way because you’re providing a service for them. 1. ur not gonna talk to me any kind of way 2. i’ll literally tell u that 3. i don’t want mean customers
be nice to people
Some people would rather never speak to you again than have that one uncomfortable conversation where they need to apologize. They would rather lose you than face the truth.
Kobe Bryant once said:
“Everyone wants to be a beast. Everyone wants to be the best. But very few people are willing to do what it actually takes. Because what it takes is boring. It is waking up at 4:00 AM. It is shooting the same shot a thousand times. It is watching the film when you are tired. People fall in love with the result, but they hate the process. You have to fall in love with the boredom. You have to fall in love with the repetition.
If you can find joy in the mundane work that no one else sees, the lights will eventually shine on you.”
“Practice any art… no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.”
- McKellen reciting Vonnegut
i do yearn for someone who’s curious and passionate about learning my mind and everything that shaped me to be exactly how i am now but forcing connections just to feel that reciprocity goes against my morals, i can’t ever force any connection
Can we talk about the fact that God literally said, “I have plans to prosper you and not to harm you”? Because why did He have to add that second part unless He already knew we’d be suspicious? 🤔 Like, God really said, “Before y’all start panicking, crying, and making speeches in the shower, let Me be clear: I’m not trying to hurt you.” And honestly? Thank God for that clarification.
Friend making $20/hr as a server: “Don't worry, bro, this one's on me, and you'll get the next”
Friend making $470k as a senior software engineer: “Can you Venmo me $9.62 for your share of the Uber ride?”
Don’t be surprised when the career, partner, income, and peace all arrive at the same time.
You’re stepping into your “everything at once” season, where life finally catches up to the version of you you’ve been quietly becoming.
All the healing, growth, and obedience are about to meet you in real time. Get ready.
Spirit Airlines gone. Gas prices disrespectful. Groceries cost a whole paycheck or get recalled. The weather is acting like it has a personal vendetta. Miami Beach looking like a seaweed farm. Electricity bills creeping up 10-20%. Kids are feral. & every day it feels like our president is finding new ways to make life harder.
If we can’t get a President for laundering money, illegal war crimes, being named in the Epstein files, having to pay $5+ million for SA’ing a woman, what the fuck are laws for?
I read a quote that said
“The faster that you do the hard things you want to avoid, the faster you will receive the good things you actually want”
and that has changed my whole perspective.