Last Minute Election Day Encouragement

A Little Last Minute Election Day Encouragement

Happy Tuesday :) 

 I hope you’re safe, and well, and feeling fine - Enjoying the sunshine & blue skies.

I don’t speak on politics much but today I’m struggling with holding it in. This started off as a caption on my IG post and ended up being so long that it wouldnt fit so without further adhue... 

I wanted to make this post for anyone that may be battling with the decision on the last chance to vote today. I have been holding in A LOT, so even though I doubt anyone will read the entire thing, my apologies in advance. 

If you already voted, dis ain’t really for you💕 Have a great day, Suga😘

If you haven’t yet, understand that by not voting you are encouraging a negative outcome. 

I know this country’s system is f*cked, and set up to see some of us fail, but minorities HAVE made some progress throughout history. 

If we give up now, we are  giving up an important part of this long battle. 

So many people fought and died, just for us to have the right to use our voice.  It is almost a slap in the face not to exercise that right. 

We don’t need “whatever you want to call this” to run this country anymore! 

Whether the voting system is rigged, or not; we will never truly know unless we are the ones counting the votes ourselves. 

Sh*t we go President Obama, TWICE, so some of the odds have got to be in our favor, right? I could be wrong but really...

& unless you are going to these meetings where they are making final decisions for this country, neither do you.

I know things may look bad but don’t give up just yet.

They could be boarding up the stores downtown because they already know who’s going to win, or they could just be preparing themselves for what’s to come. We don’t REALLY know.

Unless you are on the board of people that decided to board up the city, you don’t REALLY know.  

By voting, you are taking a riskfree gamble on the chance that we may actually take a small bit of that lying pig's power. 

He’s “really rich”, so losing his presidency won’t be the worst thing in the world for him, but it could be a step forward for us. 

You may have a whole idea, conspiracy, and/or prediction about this county in your head; but you don’t actually know if it’s true unless you got your information from a primary source. Even still, that isn’t 100% reliable. There’s just too much information and misinformation to go around. 

What you do know for fact, is you have a right to vote and get this man out of office. 

The least you can do is TRY to help get the country you reside in, into a better space. 

You may not feel like Biden is the best choice because of his past, or something else, but I always say “people can change.”

I’m not here to tell you to go follow him and join his campaign committee, I’m just saying, At least he’s SAYING he wants to help get the country back on track. 

Meanwhile, the kid in office is still trying to move forward with his plans for self distruction and he plans to take us all down with him. 

Voting anything other than Biden is going to guarantee that monster another 4 years in office. 

Do your country a favor. Do your community a favor. Do yourself a favor. 

Do your one little part (it’s BIG fr) , and vote. 

Just go do it real quick.🤦🏾‍♀️

and...

There are a lot of loud people out here looking for attention and will literally say the most outlandish things to guide their community in the wrong direction. 

Don’t be easily amused by people that are too cowardly to continue fighting this respect & equality war because they’d rather just have fun. 

There are real issues going on and we need don't anymore noise to make our point any less clear.

Don’t become a part of their project. They are on an entirely different mission and they are preying on your will to believe in something, so much, that they are willing to to raise controversy and add confusion to make money off of you. 

It’s a great strategy when you are only concerned about yourself, but the exact opposite of what we need when there is a bigger issue at stake. 

It’s fucked up to laugh at YOUR COMMUNITY, people that may have helped you become the person you are today, who have also been wrongfully hurt by this countries policies, yet still have a little courage left to fight for a better tomorrow. 

It’s even worse if YOU have been hurt by this country and is policies or even discriminated against, and aren’t even willing to do anything about it yourself. 

You can maintain peace, avoid negativity, and be a part of an important moment in history simultaneously.

If you disagree with what your people are doing, the last thing you do is link up with their enemy and laugh at them. 

No matter the outcome, as long as we don’t give up and continue the fight for what’s right, the fight is far from over.

Your vote DOES count toward the cause, even if you think it doesnt.

There IS a pandemic going on. 

People ARE dying. 

Frequently washing your hands, staying home and wearing masks DO help slow spread germs.

Police officers SHOULD be held accountable for wrongful murder... 

...and receiving that sticker as you leave the voting polls is an acknowledgement of your courage. 

It means you did your part, by attempting to help the country you live in, dig itself out of the hell hole that the monster currently in office has made deeper. 

#Respectfully 

Enjoy the rest of your day, say a prayers, and be safe out there tonight💕

Connect with Cleanliness

Connect with Cleanliness

Good *Afternoon and Happy Self Care Sunday!

As you can see, I'm off to a late start today but I hope you are all safe, and well, and feeling fine on this lovely October day!  

(I know you probably read that and looked at the screen like...) 

They say cleanliness is next to Godliness... 

...but I dont think I would go that far with it. 

Personally, I don’t like to dabble into religion because those views are personal, and customized for the person living that life. 

However, I will say, my idea of a God exudes cleanliness, and today I want to share how I have used cleanliness as a staple in my self-care practice.

 Sooo...Let's get into it!

As a child, my mother used to stay on my a** about keeping my room clean. I liked things a little more on the chaotic side, to the point that I would get mad the few times she took it upon herself to tidy up for me. 

Now, hold up...

My mom was not the type of mom that picked up after me all day. Believe me, it wasn’t often.

My room may have been a mess but there was a method to my madness and I knew where everything was. It worked for me, at least that’s how I explained doing what I wanted to do.

From time to time, we would go look at model homes for inspiration. I always loved the way the rooms were decorated, and I would come home, and try to straighten up my room to look like the rooms I saw. Unfortunately, that never lasted long.

Sometimes, my mother would even try to bribe me to keep my room clean but I swore up and down I liked it that way. 

I was a stubborn child.

 I had spent so much time convincing my mom I liked it messy, that I had convinced myself, too, that even though I couldn’t see the floor, and even though I had to clear a path to get to the door, THAT WAS HOW I LIKED IT. 

My mom would just look at me and shake her head. 

You see, the problem with that theory is that I never wanted to be in my room.

I liked to bring my toys out in the living room, possibly my mom's room if she let me in,  but hanging out in my room wasn’t really ever my first choice. In fact, I almost think I hated being in there. I was an only child with no pets and very few friends, so it was lonely in there.  And messy?!! I was not here for that! 

It wasn’t until I got older, that I started keeping my room clean and spending more time with myself. Obviously, like a typical teenage girl, my mother and I bumped heads often, so my room became my happy place.

As a teen, I was finally allowed to listen to music without it having to be checked first, my sketchbook was always close by and it was nice to just zen out and think about typical high school girl stuff. I started putting more effort into assigning everything to a place and putting it back in that space when I was finished with it. I started decorating more, to create a space just for me to escape to when the outside world got too crazy. 

As an adult, there is nothing that I love more than being able to come home to my apartment. Who wouldn't want a good-smelling, clean space to come home to after a long day? 

When my space isn’t clean, I get aggravated and most times I don’t realize the mess is the reason I am irritated, until I’ve whispered “What the f*ck is this doing here”, to myself at least 3 or 4 times.

 I also noticed that I hide in the bathroom a lot longer when it's not as clean as I like it to be. 

I am sure you’ve had your fair share of protecting your energy while dealing with ignorant people on a daily basis...

or overextending your kindness for the sake of being the bigger person.

The world can be shitty enough on its own. At the end of a rough day, or even a good one, the last thing that you need is to come home to more shit!. 

The benefits of keeping your space clean are endless. Obviously, if everything is always in its place, nothing will ever be lost...

...but it's also a way to practice taking care of the things you choose to spend your time and money on. 

So often I say...

...about the cheap things I spend my money on.

 (You know, like the little random sh*t I grab from 5 Below.) 

I can't tell you how many cheap, but quality, things I have broken, simply because I didn’t “put it up" and accidentally stepped on it.

We work hard, or smart, for our money. 

The whole purpose of buying the cheap version was, not to spend a bunch of money on a similar, more expensive product, that can do the exact same thing. BUT  that concept goes out of the window if we keep buying them because we keep breaking them. 

And then, if I choose not to buy the cheap one and invest in a quality version, and STILL  break it because I didn't put it away, well, then I'm pissed and sh*t out of luck. 

I don't know about you, but I'm not very happy when the solution to my problem requires me to spend more money. I don't think anyone is here for that! 

Another benefit of keeping your space clean most times is being able to easily customize it.

(Sure you can customize it when it's junky, but what can you really do? Move the junk from one side of the room to the other? Good luck with that one, let me know how it goes.) 

Get rid of old things and make way for something new. Move things around and add something funky. Grab a candle or an air diffuser for some new scents. A plant or two will do, too! 

 I'm telling you, a clean space is like a clean slate for inspiration in your mind. 

Waking up in a cluttered space is almost depressing. You can't look forward to much because there’s so my clutter and bullsh*t in the way. Clean out all the sh*t you haven't used in months, and make way for new ideas. 

Clear out your space to help you clear your mind. 

Like I said, I don’t like to get too close to religion but hopefully, if you’re reading this you believe in something. Something Godly, I hope. I always feel more spiritual when my space is clutter-free. Like I'm leveling up on myself!

Even back in high school, my room didn’t always stay clean, & I certainly won't lie to you and say it's clean right now because it's not. (At least not to me) 

But I do straighten up VERY OFTEN! 

Because a little cleaning every day keeps that crazy mess away. 

I vacuum every other day and wipe down common surfaces almost every day. With all this COVID craziness, I get a piece of mind just knowing I'm in a clean space. 

The key is to do incorporate it into your daily living practice. You get up, make your bed, vacuum, and maybe straighten up the bathroom. The next day maybe you get up, make your bed, and do some dusting. Get yourself on a little cycle/ routine. 

(Are you still laughing as her shaking her snappers hard as ever up there because I am lol. Anyhow...)

Saturday can still be a cleaning day, but if you do a little every day, you just won't have to do as much my good man Spongeboob, yes SpongeBOOB, here...

or maybe you added enough cleaning to your weekly routine to completely relax on Saturdays. 

It’s all about what works for you because after all, this is YOUR self-care practice. 

When I practice cleanliness, I am able to reflect, think, and better understand things that may have not been so clear while I was thinking about it when the space was messy, or during the day when I was trying to be human in this mess of a world.

Finally, practicing cleanliness reminds me that things are always going to be okay, and not to beat myself up when I fall short because even if I don't accomplish anything in the day, I will always have a clean apartment and a made bed to come home to!

Thats all for today, my loves!

Byeee!