Your Boss Needs You More Than You Need Them. Act Accordingly.
She has more experience in her pinky than her boss has in his entire body. She is not bitter. She is not plotting. She is just sitting in the meeting, face completely neutral, watching someone make a decision she would have never made in this life or the next.
The Mortgage Is Due And My Business Plan Is In The Trash. Again.
Some wins. Some losses. Some plans in the trash and some still in progress. The mortgage is due and the inner doubtful-ness has moved in without paying rent. Sound familiar?
You can’t fix the water problem without fixing the power problem. Nobody’s saying that out loud.
Everyone is talking about AI’s water problem. Nobody is connecting it to the power problem. And nobody is talking about which communities are absorbing both. That stops today.
Contractors: Feast, Famine, and How to Protect Yourself
They cut the wires, pushed them back in the wall, and took my check. Three months later a new tenant found it. This is everything I have learned about hiring contractors – and how to protect yourself before you pay.
They’re Charging You More for Food That’s Already Killing You
You’re paying $1,200 more a year for groceries. The tariff hit hasn’t even landed yet. And the food was already trying to kill you before the price went up.
We See You. And We Are Not Done.
Black people are not checked out. We are watching, regrouping, and deciding where our presence — and our absence — does the most work. That is not passivity. That is leverage.
The Budget Is Not the Enemy. The Guessing Game Is.
Black women are paid 68.3 cents for every dollar white men earn — and over a career, that gap costs us nearly one million dollars. We cannot afford to be casual about the money we do have.
Who Are The Bad Guys?
Pete Hegseth said it takes money to kill bad guys. The question nobody is asking is who gets to decide who the bad guys are.
The Money Pit. The Bright Light. And Why I’m Not Mad At It.
I am running four enterprises simultaneously, writing checks that future me will cash- and I am not mad at it. The Money Pit phase is real, it costs real money, and it is exactly where you need to be.