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young me especially would have hated hearing this but networking is literally the most important thing you can do to improve your situation like forget economic barriers to education etc just keep making friends with different people and eventually someone will offer you a hand up just because they dig your vibe and that is exactly all that's happening when undeserving people surpass you anyway

When I look at how I survived my 20s, it was always helpful friends putting work my way. And often the helpful friends were people I had only known for weeks.

schools love to go on and on about networking but they do a shit job of teaching you how to do it.

networking isnt going to job fairs and accumulating a collection of business cards and having a good linkedin profile

networking is meeting someone on a dating app and even though you never get the chance to meet up irl you talk a bit on discord and they offer to help you job hunt because they have good technical writing skills and they really think youre cool

networking is meeting someone at a sports event and becoming friends and when you need a new place to live they already have a friend of theirs who just so happens to be looking for a new roommate

networking is joining a club and making really good friends with older members who just also happen to be good professional connections

"networking" is a term so poisoned and sanitized by capitalism that what it actually really is has been obscured in the minds of most people

networking is volunteering somewhere and talking to the other volunteers and people around and so you make friends that way and they get to know what you're like and then boom they find you a better job just 'cuz

Networking is joining a group that does whatever hobby you're into (outdoor activities, music group, games, writing, crafting, whatever). And while you're doing the thing with these people you see on a regular basis, you mention that you're looking for a job in X field and one of them has connections or advice to help with that.

i am a woman at war with herself, torn forever between my love of detective fiction and my hatred of cops and cop media

it's so fucked up that detective is a type of cop irl. it's more like a gender to me

Ordinary white moms love to say shit like "Yeah our family is a bit crazy."

These are the ones I enjoyed at my barista job. I enjoyed the little performance where they go "Should I get caramel today?" And I get to go "You know what? I think you deserve caramel today." Like a mischievous court advisor.

when I was a little kid at some point I got upset with my parents because I didn't have a crucifix in my bedroom and they did- I was like why do YOU get to be safe from vampires??? you're okay with me getting my blood sucked???? so we took a little trip to the catholic store but the one closest to us was run by a group of nuns that had been moved here from romania. I got a little baby pink cross and this sweet old nun was like 'aww, is this a baptism gift?' and I was like no. I need to be protected from vampires. and she immediately got SO serious and was like 'this is the best one we've got, you'll definitely be safe' and since she was literally from vampire land I was convinced she was like, van helsing. like the whole time my parents had been laughing about how cute my fear was but she literally Knew dracula and was taking my concerns seriously I held this over my parents for so long lmfao

Transylvania approved defense. I know Dracula was SHAKING in fear when he tried climbing through my window that night.

acrylic gouache clovers on a wood slice

kill the shift manager in your brain

you are not wasting time you are vibing. you are not being unproductive you are literally chilling. make a grill cheese with cheddar cheese and slather a piece of the bread with some honey and maybe you'll relax

starting a collection. pierre talking to natasha in war and peace

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i have a feeder cam up on my board and a mourning dove is trying and absolutely failing to seduce a lady mourning dove and my students are all making fun of his rizz game

if you needed proof that middle schoolers will make fun of anything and everything just sit in my room of 8th graders blasting this guy for his ineffective dances and mediocre song

beautiful girls named ⚠️ Severe Weather keep messaging me

ppl in the age of cell phones: fucking up their necks

ppl in the age of books: fucking up their necks

ppl in the age of textile art: fucking up their necks

ppl in the age of picking lice: fucking up their necks

ppl in the age of cooking: fucking up their necks

in the age of keyboards: carpel tunnel

in the age of writing by hand: carpel tunnel

in the age of squeezing water out of wet clothes after cleaning them by hand: carpel tunnel

in the age of using hand-sized stone tools: carpel tunnel

#besties i am starting to think the human skeletal system might just be trash (via @cicerfics)

you are not wrong bestie

worlds most compressed jpeg vs worlds crustiest pdf scan uploaded by an elderly professor. fight

they will have beautiful children

real actual PDF scan from an undergrad class:

it's the warping on the text that really makes this

I've seen this before, but it's been years and it just came across my Twitter in its dying days. The words are from a favorite author of mine, Maggie Stiefvater, and they are the words I most need to hear when it comes to dealing with chronic pain and illness. I didn't need this the first time I saw it, six years ago. I need it now. Maybe you do, too.

the Barbie movie really said if women are “objects” & if men choose to tie their worth to the possession domination & control of such objects men will always be unhappy & insecure because they will never have to figure out who they are without possessions they can project onto & flaunt. women are told we have to constantly perform to make ourselves smaller to earn love & respect & it’s not true!! it’s not true!! you’re beautiful when you’re old & grey & when you’re bitter & angry & when you’re doing the things you love when you’re yourself that’s when you’re the most beautiful!! & there is beauty in life & the only way we’ll make it out alive is if we look at each other & acknowledge we’re all human !!