The thing nobody prepares you for—even though you know it’s coming—is showing up at family functions and everybody is aging. People walking a little slower, looking a little grayer, etc.

Tiffani Ashley Bell Let’s fly to Y for the weekend.

Me: I can’t

Them: why?

Me: I don’t have a visa for that country.

Them: you need a visa for Y?

Me: Yes, I have a green passport not a blue one.

+1 for this. I learned how bad it can be when I dated somebody with a Nigerian passport. As an American, I had no idea.

It can be terrible what people experience w/o passport privilege

Once you break out of the food Matrix 98% of the grocery store is suddenly inedible. It's jarring to realize.

if this isn’t proof that your dreams are closer than you think then idk what is

In Indianapolis. Been a while! Nostalgic seeing Louisville signs too haha

If those who work for you take a vacation, give them a real break and don't bother them...

No emails, no messages...nothing.
Let them completely turn off.

If you want people to do their best work, let them recharge in peace.

Show us the painting you cowards.

He always look like he just got some good news

This is increasingly one of my least favorite parts of social media.

Statistically, even the most unhinged people can easily find an audience that then reinforces all of their ridiculousness. Everybody—whether you’re connected or not—suffers for it smh

If you want to set yourself up to run confidently...be aware of what you base it on:

If your confidence is based on the praise of other people, you'll always be chasing it.

If your confidence is based internally?
It's limitless fuel.

A lot of people are not well and confuse their erratic actions with “speaking their truth.” When in all actuality, you’re not speaking “your truth.” You’re projecting your trauma.

The dog: “I gotta do everything my damn self around here”

Vet said don't let Barry out for three nights/days.
I barricaded the cat flap up last night, checked in the night and somehow he'd removed the barricade, squeezed up through the cat flap and gone off down the Legion. 😩

you miss 100% of the shots you don't take

This is such a terrific photo of San Francisco from the SF Examiner 🥹 moody lighting, city hall, stunner bus lane, random tall building toward the waterfront... even a view of the Fontana Towers!

There's a Japanese legend that says, 'if you feel like you're losing everything, remember, trees lose their leaves every year, yet they still stand tall and wait for better days to come.”

Practice congratulating someone and not immediately making it about yourself 🫶🏽