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Imo it doesn't matter if you live in a luxury high rise or a shitty college apartment: I highly recommend gifting homemade cookies or some sort of sweet treat to your nearby neighbors. Tbh you don't even have to look face-to-face at them if you're too anxious: you can just knock on their door, set the plate down (with a note explaining why it's there ofc), and scurry off and it'll all be fine
I recommend this because honestly: we don't know our neighbors anymore, and it's really lonely and isolating to not know them. I don't think there's any need to be best friends with them, but to establish a sort of "hey idk you that well, but I'll look out for your shit if you look out for mine" kind of relationship can go a long way. And I think sweet treats are a great way to break the ice and everything bc hey, we all gotta eat somehow
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opening jars, moving furniture, why does my car sound funny… ply your neighbors with cookies and charm and call on them as needed! it’s how I’ve kept my precious hands soft.
Jun 16, 2024
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doing something for someone who lives near you. could be the move. lend them some salt. they are your neighbor.
Jul 12, 2024
today a neighbor gave me this beautiful orange!!! maybe i should keep some candies or something in my bag to give out to neighbors i run into in the hall? thoughts?
Feb 21, 2024
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I have to disagree with the people who say that we need to “stay” and “fight“ for IG to be a better platform because in actuality, it’s our presence and engagement that gives them data, and therefore money. As long as they have those 2 things, they make their bottom line and won’t really care about its users desires unless they’re making a move for the optics.
If we REALLY want to hold them accountable, we need to impact the money they make, which means permanently deleting or marking your account as inactive & never coming back. They’ll only care if they’re bleeding money— so make them bleed.
Feb 22, 2025
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Now more than ever we gotta show up for the causes we care about!!! Online reposting and presence is good but it doesn't get the full job done unless we show up and show out!!!! Show up to your city/town hall meetings and be an active participant if you are able, bc if we don't speak IRL we don't exist
Dec 20, 2024
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As someone who has terrible object permanence and can NEVER remember the existence of something if I can't see it (this includes objects AND goals), it was quite literally the best way to keep awareness of my long term goals, even when life started falling apart and getting hectic.
At the end of the year I always look at my vision board and realize that I genuinely fulfilled a good majority of the goals on there, and it's so sweet
Always keep your eyes on the prize yall and always dare to dream !!!
Dec 20, 2024