I only have an appetite in the south or in other countries 😕

I eat pretty healthy (in the grand scheme of things), but I just had a croissant waffle stuffed with Iberian ham and Brie, drizzled with a touch of honey and omg

I would much rather be wanted than needed. To need me is to feel obligated to stick around. To want me is to choose me every day.

For me, the cacophony of lots of a crowd of people loudly speaking is less grating when it’s in another language. Maybe it’s because I can’t understand anything?

Same

We’re all complicit in upholding the system by using the American dollar to literally survive. You’re not a “perfect” leftist. Get off your high horse, live mindfully and responsibly, and let people who are just getting by just get by 🥰

Wow I completely forgot about this 💀

I don’t believe in “western” models of work (I’d prefer community care roles), but sex, relationship, and intimacy coaching really feels like the right space for me. I never thought figuring it out* was possible! *Until I feel like it’s out of flow 🌊

Another update: I dropped my phone on the sidewalk 3 days ago in Lisbon and walked a mile away. It was still there 😭 Another update: It fell out of my pocket in a car today in Madrid and I didn’t notice until he backed up to hand it to me 😕 Lol but also am I losing my mind????

Caudalie is a drugstore brand in Europe & stocking up on products 50–70% cheaper than in the US kind of feels like a drug for this skincare girlie 🥲

Being in high school during the early 2000’s was a really vulnerable time for my butt crack 😞👖

One of the blessings of age for me has been learning restraint over what I want to say. My mouth got me into such pointless trouble when I was younger.

Feeling heart-fully accomplished: I’ve made two new girlfriends in school and they are giving me the same level of energy I’m putting out! I had to learn to make friends (as an adult 😭) all over again 3 1/2 years ago and I am so proud of myself and the community I’ve cultivated.

I’m *not* wasting this life on being places—physically, energetically, audiovisually—I don’t want/need to be just bc I don’t want to hurt feelings. We all get told “no” & “stop” sometimes when others express their boundaries. It can sting. You will survive! Also: You WANT to talk, I NEED to go lol

One thing I’ve always had and always will have is the nerve to tell someone to stop talking to me 😭 I know some people go, “don’t mind her, she’s autistic” *but* it really is so much more efficient to kindly tell someone to stop instead of waiting for them to decide when the conversation is over 🤷🏾‍♀️

“Shipment by DHL” makes me want to cancel my order

Watching all the “How can you drink hot coffee in the summer??”* people sip iced lattes in 20-degree weather 😅 *I’m drinking it hot because I’m ❄️inside❄️ with air conditioning. And I hate iced coffee lol

“Can you explain this cultural concept? I have never heard of the internet, a book, or emotional labor. Thanks in advance!” —A certain type of person

Glad someone here mentioned the Puffy docuseries is only funded by 50, that it’s another filmmaker’s work. This is very, very well done. So many parallels to other monsters in our society, it’s appalling

Wanting a threesome is (usually) about wanting the experience, which can cultivate closeness over shared experience. I’d bet the narrative that the desire is always to cheat limits some people from potentially expanding the amount of pleasure in life. (But yes, I know the cheaters are out there!)

We dragged our luggage up five stories for the view

Starting my day off with a round of Mario Kart has actually made me exponentially more productive for the day. I think getting into that focused trance is a sort of meditation

Introduce yourself as a Black TV character

The excuse that bi people only stay in hetero relationships to avoid giving up hetero privilege is… lame, at best

Highly recommend 6-hand massages

My tradwife photo

That being said, the process is pretty manual & there’s a daily limit on unfollows that decreases over time, so it can take a while

Pro tip: If you follow 1000’s of people on IG, unfollow most of them—liberally—and your feed becomes *only* people you know and accounts you *really* like. The algorithm sucks, but now I actually interact with genuine friends more! Best thing I’ve done for myself on social media in a long time 💯

Going shopping IRL is so difficult… …for the people I’m with bc we spend 25% of the time returning to stores because I left bags behind God bless their patience

I really love to flirt, even though I don’t know how to

I’m so grateful for the luxury of spending most of my day focusing on personal development, spirituality, & schoolwork for my ideal career. Wow—Dreams come true! (If you think that’s bragging, that’s a you thing. I’ve felt v inspired by hearing other people’s gratitudes and I enjoy sharing mine 😇)

Sometimes I pretend I didn’t bring my phone lol

Literally 400? What? I often don’t even have 400 things to say out loud everyday

100000% agree. One of the most most engaging books I’ve read in a long time

If I’ve gone silent, I’m not trying to give you the silent treatment. I just don’t have anything nice to say, so I’m not saying anything at all

By the time I’m done, I’m like, “How did I even get here?”

Update: Weeks later, a fisherman found my phone in the ocean a couple of towns away—it still works (!) and he texted my emergency contact to send it back to me… wow lol

Speaking of, I pray gratitude regularly that my parents’ attitude has always been “As long as you stay safe and stay out of trouble, do whatever with your life that makes you happy.” I always wanted a life roadmap growing up, but now I see the value in letting me figure out what’s right for *me*

Someone on the internet said *everyone* struggles w/ “difficult mommy trauma” … I promise you don’t have to say just anything for engagement lol My mama is a saint. She’s obviously a fallible human, but I don’t know anyone funnier, kinder, more open-minded, well-intentioned, & hilariously shady 🥲

I went to the oldest bookstore in the world yesterday 👩🏾‍🎓

I laugh like this kid whenever some guy who peaked in high school adds me on IG who wouldn’t dare give me time of day when I was a younger, chubbier me

One-ply toilet paper when they can afford better gives me the ick, but I promise I’m not a snob. My bidet’d butt just deserves better

Weather: *Rains* American white people: “Flip-flops time!! ☺️”

The internet is where you find people who assume that 30 should look like 60

I know I’ve said this before, but I *never* want to come back to Earth if I have a choice. But if I had to, I’d choose to be Black every damn time, no question!

“A cultural aversion to taking literally anything seriously” 😭😭💯💯 Locking eyes with a stranger in a ridiculous “serious” situation and knowing what the joke is without saying anything 🤣🤣🤣 Man I love being Black, more than I can express in words ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

Knowing what each other is talking about without having to overexplain.

The unspoken language we speak

Born and raised, can confirm