Category: Advice
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It’s 3AM, And I’m Thinking About Everything I Settled For
Feeling stuck in your 30s? You’re not alone. Here’s a raw 3AM reflection on why we settle, and how to start choosing yourself instead.
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You Are Who You Are When No One Is Looking
There’s a saying that I love and often think about: “You are who you are when no one is looking.” It’s a reminder that character doesn’t live in the spotlight. It shows up in private. In the small, quiet moments no one sees but you, and whatever higher power you…
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Idiocracy, Hunger Games, and Divergent: This Isn’t Fiction Anymore
There was a time when dystopian novels were entertainment. Cautionary tales, even. Thrilling, imaginative stories about what could happen if society lost its grip. Now? It feels like we’re living in the early chapters. We laughed at Idiocracy, until it started looking like a documentary. We read The Hunger Games and Divergent and thought, that could never happen…
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Tokenism Disguised as Opportunity Is Still Tokenism
I want to have a direct conversation about something that continues to happen in far too many professional spaces, often under the guise of “diversity and inclusion.” It’s when a hiring manager, executive, or team leader says something like: Now, I get the intention. Maybe… But truthfully, these are not…
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Patriotism Is Letting People Speak, Even When You Disagree
It’s 2025, and somehow, for a nation built on freedom of thought and speech, we’ve become disturbingly bad at both. People aren’t thinking critically anymore, they’re just repeating.Not researching, just reposting.Not listening, just choosing a side and digging in deeper. And I don’t mean just one side of the political…
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Rock Bottom is Actually Solid Ground, And Dead Ends Are Just Life’s U-Turn Signals
You don’t need to crash and burn to realize something’s off. Sometimes the slow ache of “meh” is enough to spark a pivot. This is your reminder that rock bottom doesn’t have to be dramatic to be real, and dead ends are just life’s way of telling you it’s time…
The Girl in Gucci Glasses 