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Meant to tell y’all I was given a leadership role at work. Definitely stretching me but for the first time today I woke up feeling like I’ll be able to get my head around my new responsibilities. Amazing how ordered my steps are even when I feel like I’m struggling.

Also when I open this app for longer than 5 seconds, I really gotta move to Blacksky.

Trainer’s so proud of me he almost shed a tear today. Yeah, sometimes life is hard, but I’m harder. Tf

Why yall ain’t tell me them ugly oranges was this good??

Down 30lbs, muscle mass 📈, the gym really saving my life, baby I can MOVE and POWERFULLY

This was a really rough week for me, grief shows up when it wants to. That being said, I’m proud of gentleness I handled myself with. Routines, the gym and my support system can not be defeated. So much gratitude 🙏🏾

Really honed in on being in this world, not of this world rn. It’s the only way I can keep what sanity I have left.

It got bad for ya girl. So I quit drinking, (again), quit sugar, eliminated processed foods, and locked in with a personal trainer 3 days a week. Shits still bad and I may bend but I won’t break.

In this role I finally figured out that it’s not so much about getting it “right” (bc there’s a hundred right ways to do a thing) as it is about doing it the way your team expects to see it done and it’s removed so much stress and self judgement. Shout out to my first 90 days 🚀

I need to tell y’all about the power of asking yourself “What would the person I want to be do right now?” when you want to give in to the heaviness

His homegoing was beautiful. We stress so much about achieving and being successful but I think we might be worried about the wrong things. So many community members showed up to talk about the love they had for my brother. He didn’t launch a unicorn, he held a sign outside LittleCesars for 17 years

Because of tech money, my brother is at rest with no lingering debts for my parents to worry about so at least there’s that.

My brother is gone now. I hope I never let him down.

Natalie Davis is a giant now@codefreedomritr.bsky.social · last yr.

The pride in my brother’s voice when he says “my sister”? I gotta step my game up and make sure I always deserve that

I’ve been up since 5. Could have spent 5-6 crying but no I had to wait until 5 minutes before the workday started. Poor time management tbh

I have two biological relatives that are a part of my life. Knowing that the one that was supposed to bury me will be leaving this earth before I do is incredibly hard. Barring anything unexpected I will be the last one left. I already struggle connecting, I’m not sure how to do this.

Think Ima stop questioning why I always come out on top. It’s my birthright.

My brother finally stabilized enough to leave the hospital today. WON’T HE DO IT???

Never gone this many days on a new gig without shipping something, possibly excluding my first role. I’m not the brightest or most talented by far and that’s such a blessing. This quarters goal is competency. Next year they’ll call me a rock star. Marathon pacing this time.

So much gratitude for all I’ve been given steward over and the ability it’s given me to protect my family from at least some of the cruelties this world has to offer.

Started spending some time on Twitter again for the same reason I watch Fox News from time to time. It’s getting much worse over there in ways you wouldn’t necessarily expect.

Two days in and of course I was right. I have no idea what’s going on but I’m already starting to form some loose frameworks. The way I know by next year I’m going to be an entirely different caliber of dev.

I can’t get over the juxtaposition of the last month. It’s simultaneously been one of the worst months of my life and one of the most successful. I’m just trying to keep the balance so I can continue to be the rock the people depending on me need me to be. So far, so good

Energy!

Kelsey Hightower@kelseyhightower.com · 10mo ago

Maybe I'm not dreaming big enough, but everything I've convinced myself was possible, I've found a way to make it happen.

I really just shifted the whole trajectory of my life AGAIN

a black and white photo of a man with the words i 'm a bad man below him

Alt: a black and white photo of Ali with the words i 'm a bad man below him

media.tenor.com

Just read something that suggests cirrhosis can mimic metastatic disease? Who can get me to #MedSky? Is this true?

I’ve grown so much. Not enough to feel anger in my personal life and never let it color my behavior, but finally enough to not feel like a failure for being moved to anger. I’ve grown enough to make the same space for myself that I would create for others. Monumental

Natalie Davis is a giant now@codefreedomritr.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Oh, here’s the anger

Oh, here’s the anger

One thing about me, I’m going to manage multiple layers of change all at once. Shout out to my last day as a startup girlie

Reminder that, as hard as it can be, if you find some time sit still and listen to your inner voice even in the most trying of times, you might find reserves of strength you never dreamed of and maybe even some growth