Good Days Start With Frank Ocean

I’ve been unplugging during the day but it’s hard to stay off social media at night. I try to stay up to date and share information in the morning before I start working but I noticed that the uprising consumes my thoughts throughout the day. I do practice being more mindful about the news I’m consuming and space I’m taking up online. Giving myself time to research, digest information and pause and breathe offline.

Understanding that the war is far from over, I am prepared to keep learning every day. I finally started getting somewhat of a routine back. It really helps having one thing constant in your day to day to get your focus back. For example, every morning when I wake up, I do 10 minutes of yoga and 20-30 minutes of HIIT workouts. I just noticed that I only watch training videos from lean white females. That’s not even my body type. My assignment this week is to diversify my Youtube feed, and research Black Youtubers to subscribe to.

Another one is to write more—journal more or blog about random musings and discoveries. I used to blog just to write and talk to people and somewhere I got lost in the sauce and I became scared to use my voice in the process. Enough of that.

That’s all for now, I have more personal news to share sometime before the weekend. If you have time, I actively update this sheet with new petitions, donation funds and other resources: https://tinyurl.com/actionableswipeuplinks. Wishing you all a safe week.