This morning I got my first prescription for progressive lenses. Since the age range for this is 45-55, my doctor kind of “congratulated” me on making it to 48 before needing them? Good for my eyes, I guess 🤷🏿♂️
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August 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This morning I got my first prescription for progressive lenses. Since the age range for this is 45-55, my doctor kind of “congratulated” me on making it to 48 before needing them? Good for my eyes, I guess 🤷🏿♂️
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Not all therapists are equally skilled, but maybe a therapist doesn’t have to be considered “bad” if you just emotionally dump for an hour and never let them talk!

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August 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Not all therapists are equally skilled, but maybe a therapist doesn’t have to be considered “bad” if you just emotionally dump for an hour and never let them talk!

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You know that feeling when you’ve worked on a presentation for weeks, you pulled an all-nighter to have it ready (thanks Red Bull), then you find out that the meeting has been pushed back a few days so now you can actually finish it with a bit more polish?
^ THAT feeling!
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^ THAT feeling!
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August 1, 2025 at 3:47 AM
You know that feeling when you’ve worked on a presentation for weeks, you pulled an all-nighter to have it ready (thanks Red Bull), then you find out that the meeting has been pushed back a few days so now you can actually finish it with a bit more polish?
^ THAT feeling!
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^ THAT feeling!
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Whenever I see an animal, I “telepathically” tell them that I’m a friend and that they don’t need to be worried. I love that the squirrels in our yard will eat walnuts out of my hand.
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July 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Whenever I see an animal, I “telepathically” tell them that I’m a friend and that they don’t need to be worried. I love that the squirrels in our yard will eat walnuts out of my hand.
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Grateful for compassionate co-dancers who express genuine concern for my healing. Happy that I was able to at least be present at rehearsal for blocking despite my temporary inability to dance.
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July 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Grateful for compassionate co-dancers who express genuine concern for my healing. Happy that I was able to at least be present at rehearsal for blocking despite my temporary inability to dance.
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I recently heard back from some new-to-me relatives. It wasn’t through an app. I found a family reunion email address in some old papers. Over a year later, someone called me back.
Grateful for family reconnections that happen in organic ways.
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Grateful for family reconnections that happen in organic ways.
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July 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I recently heard back from some new-to-me relatives. It wasn’t through an app. I found a family reunion email address in some old papers. Over a year later, someone called me back.
Grateful for family reconnections that happen in organic ways.
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Grateful for family reconnections that happen in organic ways.
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Growth can’t happen in an echo chamber.
Grateful for this mantra. It has taught me to learn from people who disagree with me.
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Grateful for this mantra. It has taught me to learn from people who disagree with me.
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July 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Growth can’t happen in an echo chamber.
Grateful for this mantra. It has taught me to learn from people who disagree with me.
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Grateful for this mantra. It has taught me to learn from people who disagree with me.
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I am not intimidating, you are intimidated.
Grateful I’ve learned the difference because it has kept me from thinking I’m the problem when I’m just existing.
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Grateful I’ve learned the difference because it has kept me from thinking I’m the problem when I’m just existing.
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July 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I am not intimidating, you are intimidated.
Grateful I’ve learned the difference because it has kept me from thinking I’m the problem when I’m just existing.
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Grateful I’ve learned the difference because it has kept me from thinking I’m the problem when I’m just existing.
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Today is my one year Lociversary. Grateful that I chose to commit to this journey. It may sound funny, but I love that my locs are now long enough for me to always keep hair ties on me as a necessity. (New pics coming later.)
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July 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Today is my one year Lociversary. Grateful that I chose to commit to this journey. It may sound funny, but I love that my locs are now long enough for me to always keep hair ties on me as a necessity. (New pics coming later.)
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Self awareness doesn’t always elicit gratitude. Grateful that I’m self aware enough to realize how my actions impact others. But, sometimes that awareness comes after the harm has been caused and regret appears. I still appreciate the better-late-than-never self awareness.
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July 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Self awareness doesn’t always elicit gratitude. Grateful that I’m self aware enough to realize how my actions impact others. But, sometimes that awareness comes after the harm has been caused and regret appears. I still appreciate the better-late-than-never self awareness.
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There is no such thing as easy discipline, but that doesn’t mean that all discipline is arduous.
Consistency is the key that supports me, helps me to evolve and grow.
Grateful for this mantra.
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Consistency is the key that supports me, helps me to evolve and grow.
Grateful for this mantra.
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July 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
There is no such thing as easy discipline, but that doesn’t mean that all discipline is arduous.
Consistency is the key that supports me, helps me to evolve and grow.
Grateful for this mantra.
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Consistency is the key that supports me, helps me to evolve and grow.
Grateful for this mantra.
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Many things I dislike in others are things I dislike in myself.
While this isn’t a new concept, I’m grateful for the evergreen reminder.
Judge not, lest ye be judged and all that jazz.
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While this isn’t a new concept, I’m grateful for the evergreen reminder.
Judge not, lest ye be judged and all that jazz.
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July 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Many things I dislike in others are things I dislike in myself.
While this isn’t a new concept, I’m grateful for the evergreen reminder.
Judge not, lest ye be judged and all that jazz.
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While this isn’t a new concept, I’m grateful for the evergreen reminder.
Judge not, lest ye be judged and all that jazz.
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Psilocybin
Got me vibin
Some even say
Iss the silliest eye been
On shrooms worth prescribing
Upwards I’m diving
Mental acuity thriving
Seeing better flicks than the drive-in
Grateful for what 🍄 do to my brain
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Got me vibin
Some even say
Iss the silliest eye been
On shrooms worth prescribing
Upwards I’m diving
Mental acuity thriving
Seeing better flicks than the drive-in
Grateful for what 🍄 do to my brain
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July 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Psilocybin
Got me vibin
Some even say
Iss the silliest eye been
On shrooms worth prescribing
Upwards I’m diving
Mental acuity thriving
Seeing better flicks than the drive-in
Grateful for what 🍄 do to my brain
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Got me vibin
Some even say
Iss the silliest eye been
On shrooms worth prescribing
Upwards I’m diving
Mental acuity thriving
Seeing better flicks than the drive-in
Grateful for what 🍄 do to my brain
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Grateful that my lived experience has helped me develop the skill of reading people. I can spot when people are being fake and that has kept me free from a lot of bullshit.
I’ll always prefer that you tell me you don’t FW me rather than have you smiling in my face.
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I’ll always prefer that you tell me you don’t FW me rather than have you smiling in my face.
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July 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Grateful that my lived experience has helped me develop the skill of reading people. I can spot when people are being fake and that has kept me free from a lot of bullshit.
I’ll always prefer that you tell me you don’t FW me rather than have you smiling in my face.
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I’ll always prefer that you tell me you don’t FW me rather than have you smiling in my face.
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Something I love about us is when Black men start singing, whether the skill is there or not.
It soothes me to bear witness to the soft expression coming from someone, like me, who has been socialized to be “tough.”
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It soothes me to bear witness to the soft expression coming from someone, like me, who has been socialized to be “tough.”
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July 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Something I love about us is when Black men start singing, whether the skill is there or not.
It soothes me to bear witness to the soft expression coming from someone, like me, who has been socialized to be “tough.”
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It soothes me to bear witness to the soft expression coming from someone, like me, who has been socialized to be “tough.”
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Grateful for how having locs has changed my relationship with all of my hair. I now have the courage to attempt growing a beard.
“Men don’t look better with age, they just develop better fashion sense and figure out how to style their facial hair.”
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“Men don’t look better with age, they just develop better fashion sense and figure out how to style their facial hair.”
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July 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Grateful for how having locs has changed my relationship with all of my hair. I now have the courage to attempt growing a beard.
“Men don’t look better with age, they just develop better fashion sense and figure out how to style their facial hair.”
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“Men don’t look better with age, they just develop better fashion sense and figure out how to style their facial hair.”
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Grateful for growing in love, it is the result of relationship evolution. People tend to grow in complementary ways when there is intentional effort and that creates supportive space for everyone to grow.
✅ relationship evolution
🚫 relationship escalator
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✅ relationship evolution
🚫 relationship escalator
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July 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Grateful for growing in love, it is the result of relationship evolution. People tend to grow in complementary ways when there is intentional effort and that creates supportive space for everyone to grow.
✅ relationship evolution
🚫 relationship escalator
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✅ relationship evolution
🚫 relationship escalator
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I’ve been a member of the same gym since I landed in Oakland in 2010. (I was a Cycling instructor and worked there for a bit.)
Grateful for the melting pot of members who feel like a community and the wonderful staff that keep me coming back.
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Grateful for the melting pot of members who feel like a community and the wonderful staff that keep me coming back.
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July 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I’ve been a member of the same gym since I landed in Oakland in 2010. (I was a Cycling instructor and worked there for a bit.)
Grateful for the melting pot of members who feel like a community and the wonderful staff that keep me coming back.
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Grateful for the melting pot of members who feel like a community and the wonderful staff that keep me coming back.
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Grateful for the reminder that it is within my power to hear and support others without taking on the emotional weight of their problems. This isn’t an easy practice, but a necessary one.
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July 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Grateful for the reminder that it is within my power to hear and support others without taking on the emotional weight of their problems. This isn’t an easy practice, but a necessary one.
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Grateful for the power and ability to change my life’s circumstances.
Grateful that I can delineate between my circumstances and my life.
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Grateful that I can delineate between my circumstances and my life.
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July 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Grateful for the power and ability to change my life’s circumstances.
Grateful that I can delineate between my circumstances and my life.
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Grateful that I can delineate between my circumstances and my life.
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Grateful for moments
moments that make memories.
Memories that become
the foundations of love.
Love that fills my cup.
My cup that fills to the brim,
before life takes a sip again.
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moments that make memories.
Memories that become
the foundations of love.
Love that fills my cup.
My cup that fills to the brim,
before life takes a sip again.
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July 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Grateful for moments
moments that make memories.
Memories that become
the foundations of love.
Love that fills my cup.
My cup that fills to the brim,
before life takes a sip again.
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moments that make memories.
Memories that become
the foundations of love.
Love that fills my cup.
My cup that fills to the brim,
before life takes a sip again.
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“An argument is two people rushing to be the victim”
Grateful that quote crossed my path. Choosing to sidestep conversations with people who are only concerned with being right, people who don’t wish to expand or shift their views, has protected a lot of peace in my life.
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Grateful that quote crossed my path. Choosing to sidestep conversations with people who are only concerned with being right, people who don’t wish to expand or shift their views, has protected a lot of peace in my life.
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July 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“An argument is two people rushing to be the victim”
Grateful that quote crossed my path. Choosing to sidestep conversations with people who are only concerned with being right, people who don’t wish to expand or shift their views, has protected a lot of peace in my life.
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Grateful that quote crossed my path. Choosing to sidestep conversations with people who are only concerned with being right, people who don’t wish to expand or shift their views, has protected a lot of peace in my life.
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While I’m not narcoleptic, I can be asleep in a blink. I’ve fallen asleep in night clubs before. I know that not a lot of people can fall asleep right away, so I’m grateful that I have the ability to fall asleep with ease.
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(I also fell asleep while writing this post.)
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(I also fell asleep while writing this post.)
July 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
While I’m not narcoleptic, I can be asleep in a blink. I’ve fallen asleep in night clubs before. I know that not a lot of people can fall asleep right away, so I’m grateful that I have the ability to fall asleep with ease.
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(I also fell asleep while writing this post.)
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(I also fell asleep while writing this post.)
July 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Better than before.
^ 1 of my many pep talk mantras
It’s not better as in stronger, faster, harder. It’s about applying what I’ve learned from the past. Facing a challenge I’ve faced before with an “I know exactly what I need to do” mindset.
Better than before.
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^ 1 of my many pep talk mantras
It’s not better as in stronger, faster, harder. It’s about applying what I’ve learned from the past. Facing a challenge I’ve faced before with an “I know exactly what I need to do” mindset.
Better than before.
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July 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Better than before.
^ 1 of my many pep talk mantras
It’s not better as in stronger, faster, harder. It’s about applying what I’ve learned from the past. Facing a challenge I’ve faced before with an “I know exactly what I need to do” mindset.
Better than before.
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^ 1 of my many pep talk mantras
It’s not better as in stronger, faster, harder. It’s about applying what I’ve learned from the past. Facing a challenge I’ve faced before with an “I know exactly what I need to do” mindset.
Better than before.
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