Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t—Baltimore is on the RISE. People are choosing to live, work, and raise their families right here. This is our comeback story, and we’re just getting started.

A PhD is a valuable qualification, signalling to future employers your ability to work hard while mentally unwell

Adulting

becoming less reactive is a huge part of growth and decreasing stress. if you let everything get you worked up, you will damage your mind, body and spirit.

before you go to bed tonight remember that there is no need to be stressed. you are okay. you have time to slow down and calculate your next steps. your whole life is still ahead of you. you got this.

Quickest 6 years of my life I swear

Katy Perry went to space before I finished my thesis.

life is just so much better when the sun is out

Writing Day: The plan vs the reality

Halfway done my PhD and I feel stupider than ever

There is no life hack. You have to choose the life you want and relentlessly persue it.

as you move on from disappointments, remember to come back home to yourself. one day at a time you will establish a deeper level of self-trust. so you can move forward with integrity in your heart, the gift of clarity, and safely into your new timeline.

Another worrying sign: Black unemployment rate is 7.5%, up from 6.1% a year ago. In downturns, it's typically young people and Black Americans who suffer first with layoffs. Both Black men and women have seen unemployment rise a lot. [Fwiw, the unemployment rate for white

This year has taught me that sometimes God doesn’t change the situation. He changes you, so the situation no longer has power over you.

Millennials and Gen Z waiting for the housing crash

very hard to have FOMO if you understand the importance of your current season. it’s been my biggest lesson this year. be where your feet are. there’s a reason for this current placement, this current happening. observe it and respond. if you look elsewhere, you’ll waste it.

The US economy is in a hiring recession. Almost no jobs have been added since April. Wage gains are slowing. 710,000 more people are unemployed now versus November 2024. November +64,000 jobs October -105,000 (impacted by shutdown) September +108,000 August -26,000 July

Our community is going to have an extremely rough time over then next 10-20 years, if we do not upskill immediately. 8.3% unemployment rate for Black Americans. I have ideas for some solutions but yeah the data isn't looking good...

Uncommon advice: If you don't know what to pursue in life right now. Pursue yourself. Pursue becoming the healthiest, happiest, most healed, most present, most confident version of yourself. Then the right path will reveal itself.

Normalize being in your 30s & REBRANDING your whole identity bc in your 20s you were brainwashed.