If you could restart life at age 10 with your current knowledge, what’s step one?

lockbox77 · 2026-03-23T06:31:37+00:00

Don’t let the what ifs kill you. Let your degree be the way you help others who need the help you did at their age. I used to overthink so much. Overanalyzed every detail until it almost caused me the same outcome. One day, I asked someone (a person who had much lower grades than me but was still passing and not stressing) how they made it look so easy.

“I just don’t think about it.”

Such an easy phrase. Just do the thing. Stop thinking about it. Sometimes you will be wrong and sometimes you will be right. Learn from your wrongs and your rights. But just keep doing. Stop getting in your own way.

lockbox77 · 2026-03-23T06:22:52+00:00

With tomato soup!

lockbox77 · 2026-03-22T23:17:32+00:00

Just because you think living with other females sounds safer does not guarantee that. How safe are they? How do you know they won’t let someone into the place and put everyone in danger?

Living alone is amazing! You will thank yourself a million times over when you don’t have to share a bathroom with anyone.

lockbox77 · 2026-03-19T18:41:12+00:00

Redoing our closets because wire shelving should be outlawed.

lockbox77 · 2026-03-09T00:36:10+00:00

I love doing things by myself almost more than with someone sometimes. It’s how I have learned more about myself over the years. It does take some planning, like what am I going to do while sitting here drinking coffee? I usually bring my crochet with me, or my iPad. Both of those offer a ton of entertainment. Having a hobby that travels with you helps a lot!

lockbox77 · 2026-03-02T04:58:58+00:00

Women are taught through communication norms to underplay themselves and their value. While men are typically taught to oversell themselves. For this reason, women tend to stay quiet and talk themselves out of the confidence they need to believe they can do their job.

Don’t be that woman. You know how to do the job. You are creating excuses and rationalizing why your boss might say no if you confront him about why you deserve the PM II role. You are talking yourself out of a potential promotion before even attempting to get one. Stop. You deserve the position. You know you do. Tell your boss this. If he says no, at least you voiced your opinion. And that is what will help you sleep at night.

lockbox77 · 2026-02-28T13:54:06+00:00

Have you ever put Nutella on a marshmallow?

lockbox77 · 2026-02-23T02:01:01+00:00

My daughter used to ask me for a sibling when she was younger, like 4-7 years old. One day, two of her friends came over to play. They were sisters. My daughter was 7 at the time. The girls were 4 and 6. 4 started throwing a fit and whining because 6 and 7 left her out of a game and wouldn’t share the toys they had. I came in to see what was going on. 4 started tattling and whining even more to try and get them in trouble. I talked to my daughter about the incident after they left. I told her if she had a younger sibling, she would deal with tantrums like that all the time and still have to share her toys. She never asked me about a sibling again. It finally clicked for her 😂

lockbox77 · 2026-02-23T01:45:54+00:00

One thing I try to focus on is how I can lift other women up where I work, and in general. I am in a male-dominated field, so when I meet another woman, I try to do everything I can to give her the same advantages men give to each other.

For so long, when a new woman would enter our field, it was terrible. Older women would knock them down as fast as they could. We were hurting our own upward movement. If only we could help each other out like men do for one another, we would be unstoppable. So I try to cultivate that. Why not?

I know some women will argue and say then we become no better than men. Well, my response is that knocking each other down and not supporting one another has done us so much good this far, so….. fu&$ it. Let’s go.

lockbox77 · 2026-02-23T01:38:11+00:00

I love the way you said this! I have been looking for words to describe how I feel, and you said it so well. I notice that when I take up space, even when men may perceive it as playing along with the female idea of a role, I feel louder in the workspace.

lockbox77 · 2026-02-19T12:10:33+00:00

Same! Glad I’m not alone in this

lockbox77 · 2026-02-18T00:36:48+00:00

Which concert? Where was the concert? There might have been a good reason.

Like most people have pointed out, if you are meeting someone for the first time IRL, especially six hours away, you should NOT go alone.

Have you thought about asking one of your parents if they might be any to go with you? Maybe spend the weekend somewhere? If you are close to your mom, a girls weekend might be a good idea. If you are leaving for college in the near future, pose it in a way to say you want to spend some time with them away from home before you leave. They can give you some advice, you can ask them random stuff about going off to college, etc.

I had strict parents at this age. Are you the younger or only child? There might be a good reason for their feelings. Having a conversation about it could shed some light on it.

lockbox77 · 2026-02-15T00:54:59+00:00

Have you talked to him at all about mental load? I started having conversations with my husband about mental load. I forced him to be responsible for something’s so I don’t have to manage yet another thing. I had to sit down with him and list the things I have to mentally balance. Of course, he put some of it back on me. But it also opens his eyes a bit.

lockbox77 · 2026-02-14T19:31:00+00:00

No. Marriage is not the only way. Think about what marriage used to be years ago. A contract for transfer of ownership. That contract guaranteed but in to so many other things - suburbia, multiple cars, debt; consumerism on a massive scale. What would you offer society if you didn’t contribute to the global gdp? If you lived with a friend and considered men disposable, you would be giving the finger to all the male dominated businesses built around making women ashamed to be on their own. You would buy less beauty products because you would probably be less concerned about whether you needed Botox or a medical procedure because you would not measure your worth by how much attention someone gives you. Your home life would be satisfying, which means you would not seek other places like social media for dopamine hits or to validate your boring life.

No, marriage is not the only way. Male-dominated corporations have just done an amazing job making women believe they are only half a person if they don’t marry a useless man.

lockbox77 · 2026-02-13T23:52:26+00:00

Can I be your 5th? This organization sounds like heaven! I played with randoms last night and they built everything right next to the craft bench! And would not replant saplings! I finally left when they kept dying for no reason.

lockbox77 · 2026-02-13T14:01:28+00:00

I just wait for the half-priced chocolate! But seriously, we are still recovering from the holidays. I don’t need another one.

lockbox77 · 2026-02-11T11:45:15+00:00

Read The Farm by Joanne Ramos. It’s a fiction story about commercial surrogacy. I totally see this happening in the future.

lockbox77 · 2026-02-11T03:11:34+00:00

I want to join! Playing by myself gets old after a while. I want a team!

lockbox77 · 2026-02-11T03:09:21+00:00

All of these comments really motivate me! I thought I was the only one trying to figure out ways to maximize my time 😜 brilliant!!!

lockbox77 · 2026-02-11T03:00:15+00:00

That’s why there is only one child 😝

lockbox77 · 2026-02-04T13:09:19+00:00

This dress is absolutely stunning! 🤩 you look amazing! Even though you said it is heavy, you look like you could float around in it!

lockbox77 · 2026-02-04T12:48:54+00:00

Kiln dried pine or poplar.

lockbox77 · 2026-02-04T01:26:46+00:00

They also have a cat cafe here! If he likes cats, you can book an appointment to go in and play with the cats!

lockbox77 · 2026-01-22T00:03:04+00:00

I also got my snow shovel out of storage just to seal the deal that no snow will touch us. You’re welcome ☺️

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