Lily Raya
@lilyraya.bsky.social
✦ Addicted to the sun, coffee, and ambitious to-do lists
✦ Here for books & big ideas
✦ Sharing my experiments in business and entrepreneurship
✦ INTJ A-7w8-783-Scorpio-Ace-Chaotic Good
✦ Here for books & big ideas
✦ Sharing my experiments in business and entrepreneurship
✦ INTJ A-7w8-783-Scorpio-Ace-Chaotic Good
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Let's normalize observing and talking about business like a scientist, not a motivational speaker.
Some HR folks see a gap year on your resume and act like you spent it in witness protection.
Relax, Karen — I wasn’t in jail, I was busy collecting certificates like Pokémon and reading enough books to start my own library lol.
Relax, Karen — I wasn’t in jail, I was busy collecting certificates like Pokémon and reading enough books to start my own library lol.
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Some HR folks see a gap year on your resume and act like you spent it in witness protection.
Relax, Karen — I wasn’t in jail, I was busy collecting certificates like Pokémon and reading enough books to start my own library lol.
Relax, Karen — I wasn’t in jail, I was busy collecting certificates like Pokémon and reading enough books to start my own library lol.
Hey, so… I rejoined Facebook.
do people actually still use this app??
not a single person I know exists there.
Also… why does it only recommend me people from India?? Is that the last active region on the platform?
Did the rest of the world log off?? lol
do people actually still use this app??
not a single person I know exists there.
Also… why does it only recommend me people from India?? Is that the last active region on the platform?
Did the rest of the world log off?? lol
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Hey, so… I rejoined Facebook.
do people actually still use this app??
not a single person I know exists there.
Also… why does it only recommend me people from India?? Is that the last active region on the platform?
Did the rest of the world log off?? lol
do people actually still use this app??
not a single person I know exists there.
Also… why does it only recommend me people from India?? Is that the last active region on the platform?
Did the rest of the world log off?? lol
Budget: set.
Bills: paid.
Me: “Oh my friend would love this eau de cologne.”
Budget: ruined.
Gift-giving is my hobby.
Financial regret is my side hustle.
Every time I get paid, I’m like: “Time to take care of my people.”
Two days later: “Time to take care of myself… with ramen.” 🍜
Bills: paid.
Me: “Oh my friend would love this eau de cologne.”
Budget: ruined.
Gift-giving is my hobby.
Financial regret is my side hustle.
Every time I get paid, I’m like: “Time to take care of my people.”
Two days later: “Time to take care of myself… with ramen.” 🍜
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Budget: set.
Bills: paid.
Me: “Oh my friend would love this eau de cologne.”
Budget: ruined.
Gift-giving is my hobby.
Financial regret is my side hustle.
Every time I get paid, I’m like: “Time to take care of my people.”
Two days later: “Time to take care of myself… with ramen.” 🍜
Bills: paid.
Me: “Oh my friend would love this eau de cologne.”
Budget: ruined.
Gift-giving is my hobby.
Financial regret is my side hustle.
Every time I get paid, I’m like: “Time to take care of my people.”
Two days later: “Time to take care of myself… with ramen.” 🍜
I can talk myself out of buying shoes, but not out of buying my friend a random “you’d look good in this” hoodie.
I think my wallet flinches every time I say, “It’s for someone else.”
I think my wallet flinches every time I say, “It’s for someone else.”
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I can talk myself out of buying shoes, but not out of buying my friend a random “you’d look good in this” hoodie.
I think my wallet flinches every time I say, “It’s for someone else.”
I think my wallet flinches every time I say, “It’s for someone else.”
Every time I tell myself “I’m saving this month,” someone’s birthday appears out of thin air.
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Every time I tell myself “I’m saving this month,” someone’s birthday appears out of thin air.
My brain runs on AI-detection mode now.
Just saw a post clearly written by AI bragging about getting 1,000 subs because it “decided to be authentic.”
And people were leaving positive comments??!
Every time I see humans hyping up an obviously AI-generated post, my left eye twitches. 😂
Just saw a post clearly written by AI bragging about getting 1,000 subs because it “decided to be authentic.”
And people were leaving positive comments??!
Every time I see humans hyping up an obviously AI-generated post, my left eye twitches. 😂
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
My brain runs on AI-detection mode now.
Just saw a post clearly written by AI bragging about getting 1,000 subs because it “decided to be authentic.”
And people were leaving positive comments??!
Every time I see humans hyping up an obviously AI-generated post, my left eye twitches. 😂
Just saw a post clearly written by AI bragging about getting 1,000 subs because it “decided to be authentic.”
And people were leaving positive comments??!
Every time I see humans hyping up an obviously AI-generated post, my left eye twitches. 😂
There are no business ideas that haven't crossed my mind this year… I’m even thinking of opening a police academy — uniforms optional.
November 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
There are no business ideas that haven't crossed my mind this year… I’m even thinking of opening a police academy — uniforms optional.
It’s strange when you had the same thoughts before reading the philosophers' books… but they were born earlier and wrote them first, so they get the credit.
November 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It’s strange when you had the same thoughts before reading the philosophers' books… but they were born earlier and wrote them first, so they get the credit.
A woman was rude to me on the bus, so I Googled the book she was reading… and casually spoiled the ending. Murderer: definitely Karen.
She hasn’t looked at me the same since.
She hasn’t looked at me the same since.
November 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM
A woman was rude to me on the bus, so I Googled the book she was reading… and casually spoiled the ending. Murderer: definitely Karen.
She hasn’t looked at me the same since.
She hasn’t looked at me the same since.
Knowledge is contagious
hang out with the curious and you’ll catch a fever of learning.
hang out with the curious and you’ll catch a fever of learning.
November 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Knowledge is contagious
hang out with the curious and you’ll catch a fever of learning.
hang out with the curious and you’ll catch a fever of learning.
That moment when a French (or whichever) song hits so hard, you decide “imma move there and speak the words.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5x6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5x6...
The Elegance of Silence - Relaxing French Songs 🇫🇷
YouTube video by Musical Salon de la France
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
That moment when a French (or whichever) song hits so hard, you decide “imma move there and speak the words.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5x6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5x6...
Turned 24 today 🌞 grateful for everything that shaped me and everyone who stayed.
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Turned 24 today 🌞 grateful for everything that shaped me and everyone who stayed.
The amount of lessons I've learned since 2020 feels like 4 different lives.
October 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The amount of lessons I've learned since 2020 feels like 4 different lives.
It’s official. 24 trips around the sun ☀️
Honestly, birthdays feel less like ‘getting older’ and more like celebrating that you didn’t die and managed another full orbit around the solar system lol.
Honestly, birthdays feel less like ‘getting older’ and more like celebrating that you didn’t die and managed another full orbit around the solar system lol.
October 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It’s official. 24 trips around the sun ☀️
Honestly, birthdays feel less like ‘getting older’ and more like celebrating that you didn’t die and managed another full orbit around the solar system lol.
Honestly, birthdays feel less like ‘getting older’ and more like celebrating that you didn’t die and managed another full orbit around the solar system lol.
I define a polymath as someone who never says “no” to learning. They guard their curiosity like a flame and keep it burning for life.
A polymath isn’t defined by how much they know, but by how open they remain to knowing more.
They don’t reject ideas; they explore them, challenge them, and grow.
A polymath isn’t defined by how much they know, but by how open they remain to knowing more.
They don’t reject ideas; they explore them, challenge them, and grow.
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I define a polymath as someone who never says “no” to learning. They guard their curiosity like a flame and keep it burning for life.
A polymath isn’t defined by how much they know, but by how open they remain to knowing more.
They don’t reject ideas; they explore them, challenge them, and grow.
A polymath isn’t defined by how much they know, but by how open they remain to knowing more.
They don’t reject ideas; they explore them, challenge them, and grow.
Guarding yourself from opposing thoughts is guarding yourself from growth.
October 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Guarding yourself from opposing thoughts is guarding yourself from growth.
Some conversations have me ready to sit under a tree and philosophize for 400 years.
October 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Some conversations have me ready to sit under a tree and philosophize for 400 years.
Let's normalize observing and talking about business like a scientist, not a motivational speaker.
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Let's normalize observing and talking about business like a scientist, not a motivational speaker.
I am one voice. I do not represent any nation, party, or faction. I represent logic, peace, and the next generation that will suffer from today’s decisions.
October 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I am one voice. I do not represent any nation, party, or faction. I represent logic, peace, and the next generation that will suffer from today’s decisions.
According to Goodreads, I currently have 1,990 books on my “to read” list.
At this rate, I’ll finish… never.
I did the math — if I read one book a day, I’d be done in about 5.4 years.
That’s assuming I stop adding new ones (which I absolutely won’t).
At this rate, I’ll finish… never.
I did the math — if I read one book a day, I’d be done in about 5.4 years.
That’s assuming I stop adding new ones (which I absolutely won’t).
https://goodreads.com/lilyr…
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
According to Goodreads, I currently have 1,990 books on my “to read” list.
At this rate, I’ll finish… never.
I did the math — if I read one book a day, I’d be done in about 5.4 years.
That’s assuming I stop adding new ones (which I absolutely won’t).
At this rate, I’ll finish… never.
I did the math — if I read one book a day, I’d be done in about 5.4 years.
That’s assuming I stop adding new ones (which I absolutely won’t).
It’s ironic, the more AI advances, the more we’ll crave authentic human art, imperfection, texture, emotions and the hand behind creation.
October 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
It’s ironic, the more AI advances, the more we’ll crave authentic human art, imperfection, texture, emotions and the hand behind creation.
pov: your friends are scattered across the globe 🌍
• you have to google “what time is it in Tokyo” before sending a meme
• you hesitate before texting like: “too early?” “too late?” “am I a bad person for not knowing?”
• you open your world clock app like a stock trader checking the market
• you have to google “what time is it in Tokyo” before sending a meme
• you hesitate before texting like: “too early?” “too late?” “am I a bad person for not knowing?”
• you open your world clock app like a stock trader checking the market
October 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
pov: your friends are scattered across the globe 🌍
• you have to google “what time is it in Tokyo” before sending a meme
• you hesitate before texting like: “too early?” “too late?” “am I a bad person for not knowing?”
• you open your world clock app like a stock trader checking the market
• you have to google “what time is it in Tokyo” before sending a meme
• you hesitate before texting like: “too early?” “too late?” “am I a bad person for not knowing?”
• you open your world clock app like a stock trader checking the market
When I was a kid, one summer, the heat cracked the pavement.
We laughed, bought melting ice cream, and hid indoors, fanning ourselves with whatever we could find.
But for farmers, that same relentless sun was no game.
It withered fields, scorched crops, and ended harvests.
We laughed, bought melting ice cream, and hid indoors, fanning ourselves with whatever we could find.
But for farmers, that same relentless sun was no game.
It withered fields, scorched crops, and ended harvests.
October 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
When I was a kid, one summer, the heat cracked the pavement.
We laughed, bought melting ice cream, and hid indoors, fanning ourselves with whatever we could find.
But for farmers, that same relentless sun was no game.
It withered fields, scorched crops, and ended harvests.
We laughed, bought melting ice cream, and hid indoors, fanning ourselves with whatever we could find.
But for farmers, that same relentless sun was no game.
It withered fields, scorched crops, and ended harvests.
One day, history books will show a graph of war spending vs. SDG progress.
Future kids will ask: “Were they… okay?”
Future kids will ask: “Were they… okay?”
October 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
One day, history books will show a graph of war spending vs. SDG progress.
Future kids will ask: “Were they… okay?”
Future kids will ask: “Were they… okay?”
If you’re scared to post, remember:
Some people post cringe with zero hesitation.
Meanwhile, the rest of us rewrite captions 7 times, overanalyze every emoji like it’s a UN statement, and worry about reactions from:
our enemies
our future grandkids
our moms
Just post it. They’re not even reading.
Some people post cringe with zero hesitation.
Meanwhile, the rest of us rewrite captions 7 times, overanalyze every emoji like it’s a UN statement, and worry about reactions from:
our enemies
our future grandkids
our moms
Just post it. They’re not even reading.
October 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If you’re scared to post, remember:
Some people post cringe with zero hesitation.
Meanwhile, the rest of us rewrite captions 7 times, overanalyze every emoji like it’s a UN statement, and worry about reactions from:
our enemies
our future grandkids
our moms
Just post it. They’re not even reading.
Some people post cringe with zero hesitation.
Meanwhile, the rest of us rewrite captions 7 times, overanalyze every emoji like it’s a UN statement, and worry about reactions from:
our enemies
our future grandkids
our moms
Just post it. They’re not even reading.