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Anti-Hustle: It’s Time to Break Up with Hustle Culture

A few years ago I was into the “wake up and hustle” and “grind harder” mantras but that became exhausting. After a while, a light bulb went off and I realized that hustle culture was and is extremely toxic and not realistic or sustainable. Everything isn’t for everyone and hustle “go go go” just didn’t…

Justice for Some

🗽🗽🗽Justice for Some America, your colors are showingForget red white and blueUnless you speak greenThe American government doesn’t give a damn about youIt’s capitalistic through and throughIt’s sold guns, jails and even people tooIt’s the American wayOur forefathers would sayBut honest Abe didn’t get gunned down with an AKWhile contently watching his playWe scream number…

𝕌𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕓𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟

We don’t want easier livesWe justWant to playBy the same gameEven the same rulesGiven the same toolsAttend the same prestigious schoolsGiven opportunitiesTo build the same wealthReside in towns whereWe all haveThe same qualityOf healthWe want thesame roadssame quality of homesAccess to theSame cheat codesBecause try harderisn’t gettingAny further inA systemThat wasn’t madeFor me Telling us…

Gardens

New week. New poem for Black History Month. Interested in purchasing a poem or a book? American Hurt https://amzn.to/2U50UhBReturn to Sender https://amzn.to/31A3PCX 💐 💐 💐We are our ancestors wildest dreams as we grow where we are planted even in the garden of adversity.We grow roots from the soil assigned to us even if it is…

Hard Enough

Last year I posted a poem a week all February. And I’m doing it again. If you’re interested in purchasing one, let me know as I now have one hanging up in an Airbnb. Want to buy my books? Check out American Hurt https://amzn.to/2U50UhB or Return to Sender https://amzn.to/31A3PCX on Amazon. 📚 📚📚 Hard Enough…

We Don’t Have to Wait for Mondays for Motivation and January for a Reset

We can start over or motivate ourselves whenever we’re ready and sometimes it’s most powerful when we’re not ready but the universe has other plans. 2023 is here and January and Mondays are when people start making goals and resolutions. I no longer make a to-do list, I make intention lists because the older I…

The Democratic Party Voting Hasn’t Felt Festive Since Obama

I remember that feeling of relief, hope, and happiness because I felt a part of something. Every time Barack Obama spoke on TV I stopped and listened because for the first time the candidate for president not only looked relatable but his likability and charisma were enough to cross both sides of the aisle. He…

Cheers to the Hallway Kids

For a few years, I was a hallway kid. The elementary kid that was so disruptive that I was a conundrum because I knew the work I was just so disruptive that I had a desk in the hallway where I celebrated the Valentine’s Day and the St Patrick’s Day parties by my lonesome in…

The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry

In 2015 I watched the documentary Stink! It was overwhelming and exhausting and eye-opening but most of it was educational. It was a journey about a dad who was upset that he purchased pajamas for his daughter online and they arrived with a chemical smell. He had lost his wife to breast cancer and he…

What Does Your Internal Mobility Look Like?

Companies that don’t have any internal mobility tend to lose employees as company cultural norms aren’t what they used to be. 30 internal applications in 7 years. Approximately 3 interviews and exactly 30 internal applications were all rejected. Imagine working for a company and these are the statistics that you’re faced with. Once I submitted…

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