In real tears about how I officially get to have a match on one of my favorite Jiu Jitsu promotions. I can’t wait for this opportunity, it feels like a dream 🥹
sending this out to no mans land at this point but I got my first superfight offer on a card/event I’ve wanted to do before I even started training again. I can’t even be hung to explain what this means to me!!!
Posts like those are so frustrating because they claim it’s about health but disabled and poor people are having healthcare ripped away from them and policed even more harshly.
idk man hearing things like Hispanic families aren’t going to places like markets and quinceañera stores because of ICE raids just makes me so unbelievably sad.
This past week has felt like a ride from hell. I have never felt so helpless and hopeless.
I would just like to name that having social anxiety while at a conference that is known for being hyper social is so hard. Never knowing where you fit or if you’re wanted in spaces is hard. The pressure to socialize when you’re so overwhelmed is hard. I love this, but I’m tired
Watching everything that’s happening as a Gen Z-Millennial cusp (born in ‘96), I see what’s happening to youth on college campuses as, on top of everything else, the logical end point of decades of neglect of and vitriol towards children and young adults. 🧵🪡
Am I still working through a lot? Yes, absolutely.
Am I infinitely proud of where I’m at vs where I started? Absolutely.
I can do hard things, at a heavier weight, and still be valid doing it.
I know it’s silly because it’s a hobby and I’m not a world class competitor, but I won my jiu jitsu competition today with submissions and that’s really cool. I’m so proud of myself for committing my time and energy to this sport for almost a year now.
I would also like to add: yes, I am the heaviest I’ve ever been. With my relationship with food and my body this has been a very significant struggle.
But my jiu jitsu is celebrated. I have a community of people both internally and externally who see me and validate me.