lessons

  • #2016TaughtMe: What Were the Biggest Lessons You Learned This Year?

    2016 has been a very difficult year for many of us. There have been a number of high-profile deaths, destruction all around the world, and we’re losing the Obamas in the White House and gaining President-elect Donald Trump. What a bummer! But in the prolific words of India.Arie, “There’s a blessing in every lesson,” and…

  • Some Lessons For Aspiring Writers Everywhere

    Last week, I set my momma up for the fall. Not on purpose, of course, but the end result was the same nonetheless. I took an assumption – my mother MIGHT vote for Trump – and couched it in two stories that without context (and for some people, even with context) painted my mother in…

  • 4 Simple Life Rules For Living A Simple Life

    I try to live my life by a few simple and easy tenets: 1. Never forget that niggas gon’ nig. As fucked up as that maybe, it helps to keep expectations in check when dealing with certain types of people. Expecting anything other than a motherfucker to do exactly what they’ve always shown themselves to…