I’m still waiting for that album…Beyonce. — I have no idea how to start this off. I guess I’ll start this off with…I came out of the womb. Bam! Who am I? This is the easy part where I give you a quick rundown of my bio. Here goes… I’m a HUGE Beyonce Fan — I went to see her…

Think about your paycheck. — “Cut the cameras.” If I could show you 18-year-old me, that’s what I would tell you. Why? I was anxious as hell back then. I panicked if someone in my family got appendicitis. I panicked if my mother got written up at her job. …

Shocker: People who love writing get bored — No, I won’t tell you a shameless joke in this article about using ChatGPT for burnout. That would be the answer today, I guess. Now that we have AI tools that can do the writing for us, writing is treated as b**ch work. How about this alternative: To avoid writing…

You’re looking at it now. — I wrote 850+ articles and hundreds of Twitter (X) threads online over the past 3 years. I’ve tried tons of different methods to come up with new writing ideas. I searched questions on Reddit I read a few books I brainstormed 10 ideas per day in a dark room I…

The racial and misogynistic issues that plague Black women in relationships. — “You should not be insecure when you make more money than your spouse.” I listened to a Twitter space on my way home from the gym. They talked about how Black girls shouldn’t be insecure about making more money than their spouses. Ughhhh. I need to get this out of…

Create your online library. — It happens every time. You want to become a successful online writer. So, you start a blog, try to post consistently, have no experience with SEO, then quit altogether. Then, you find a writing platform where you can make money, try to be consistent again, you don’t get followers right…

One weird way to handle failure and succeed in the future. — I didn’t make it. As my eyes panned over the list three times, I couldn’t find my name. I stood there in awe. I cried for hours when I got home. I didn’t make my high school wind ensemble. I played alto saxophone ever since the 6th grade. I tried…

A poem about feeling stagnant. — I feel like there’s no end. No end to the halt. No end to the stop. No end to block. I keep waiting to move. But the block won’t move. I’ve tried to move it millions of times. But an answer to move it I still can’t find. I’m better…

You develop this trait with the simple things. — I fainted. I couldn’t believe I just received two scholarships to go on a spring break trip to Paris and London for free. I was a freshman in college. I had never been outside of the country. You’d think seeing the Eiffel Tower or downing beers at eighteen years old…