I needed this.

Grateful for so many things, but sunshine is definitely one of them!

I need my nervous system to calm the f down.

I’m so far off brand I’ve become generic.

True for many things…

“People just make it work” is not a great excuse for a system that doesn’t support a living wage.

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Step by step…

Feeling like a little impish goblin girl tonight… HAPPY HALLOWS EVE!

Hot take: wearing animal onesies is not a Halloween costume, it’s leisurewear.

I put my finger on why I got so annoyed during my career coaching conversation: I want to be valued for my triumphs, not my tragedies.

The words “I hear you. I see you.” mean a lot.

Don’t say “but for the grace of Gd go I” aloud to someone you’re trying to help; keep it to yourself. While intended as gratitude & kindness towards others, aloud, it implies that you’re not only grateful for not being as bad off as them, but that they aren’t receiving Gd’s grace. Just don’t.

I JUST SAW THE CUTEST FIVE-YEAR OLD MARY POPPINS COSTUME AND THIS KID JUST MADE MY DAY!

Today’s overheard gem: In scarcity, your currency is money. In abundance, your currency is time.

Autumn in one picture:

When someone has gone through a terrible divorce, don’t start talking about how—in YOUR family—marriage is forever, it’s how you were raised, it’s a commitment to work things through, etc. Just don’t.

Much needed & appreciated today!

For anyone who has gone through this: how does one “bridge” wherein you cannot find a job that pays the bills, but have to slow the bleeding? Is it better to do FT or PT while still searching, networking and interviewing, etc? Advice welcome!

I hate being told to “settle.”

Autumn gold

Honestly, the #NoKings was the calmest, most peaceful and positive protest I’ve ever attended. Smooth from parking to protest, gathering, dispersing, and respecting the laws from littering to traffic. The fake news that there was anything like violence or terror is just smoke and lies. Sad.

WOW! #NoKings #Indivisible

Today was the sort of travesty that went from awful all the way to hilarious. I’m forever grateful for my dark sense of humor!

Wisdom for our times, every time.

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There’s so much need right now, it’s hard to remember just wanting stuff just because.

I cannot comment on so many things, but mainly because my phone is so old, the OS can’t update to rub my apps. Lots of places to donate phones but who knows of any place to GET a donated phone?

I’m troubleshooting with Mint Mobile. Unfortunately, there’s lots of trouble to shoot!

*blinks owlishly at life* What was THAT?!?

3 phone calls this morning. 2 devastating, 1 hopeful. Keep moving!

Gray-dations

The stress is literally nauseating today.

Autumn rainbows

Peace.

Privately giggling at a young woman’s shirt: “I ❤️ submissive men”

Today’s status: joined the local Indivisible chapter & now smiling.

It is only the third day of October and I am FREEZING!

Today’s realization: my higher self is a recalcitrant bitch.

The most important person in the room is the one you see in the mirror. Thanks for being here!

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These are 1.5 hours of my mortal life that I will never get back waiting for our food to come at Chili’s.

Two separate sunbows. A good sign.

I am eating a layer of caramelized pecans on slightly undercooked chocolate chip cookie dough. It’s not Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie, but it ain’t bad.

New Haven: Pizza Capital if the World (I, a native Chicagoan, have Thoughts)

“Dream big. Dream wild.” & “Don’t fake it til you make it, MAKE IT til you make it!” - Debbie Millman

Bought 4 grocery staples. $43. None of them are meat, milk, or bread.

Sitting on an old stump next to a graveyard, contemplating life.

It’s a deep failing of my wardrobe that I don’t have red heels.