CHADRAS

Curating my interests, favorites, thoughts, and personal essays

[chadrascoples]

Hey, I'm Chadras.

I'm a freelancer and creator, so I'm at my desk a lot. I started streaming so I don't have to work alone all the time. If you want some company, struggle with structure, or need to get something done...

Join me on Twitch for interactive co-working. We'll use a Pomodoro timer and add our tasks to a collective list.

If you prefer an uninterrupted session, join me on YouTube for silent co-working streams. There's no timers or task list.

I play rain sounds & animations on both streams. ⛈️

P.S. If you like stories on personal growth, mental health, and spirituality, check out my personal blog.

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Hey, Pal.

Steve Rogers, Avengers Dooms Day, 2026

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And please remember, no matter what cards life deals you, you have to learn to make your own magic.

Charlie, Now You See Me: Now You Don't, 2025

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Ape Shit

Man: They are going to fight you. Bruce Wayne: Again? Man: Until they kill you. Bruce Wayne: Can they kill me before breakfast? Bully: You are in hell, little man...and I am the devil. Bruce Wayne: You're not the devil. You're practice. *goes ape shit on several bullies and is restrained*

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Frankly, they can't afford me.

Lil Simsie, 2024

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Watch on YouTube

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A Mental Health Stigma Takedown 🥹

Eager Woman: Speaking of lively departments...Have you prepared a list of candidates to replace Dr. Wolf? Dr. Nichols: I have not. And I don't plan to. Yes, Wolf is struggling, but it is temporary. He will heal, and I guarantee he'll come back to us a better doctor. No one in this room, no physician anywhere, is immune to what Oliver's going through. It could be any of us. One of our doctors is getting help, help he needs, help we encourage our patients to get. Why does that make so many of us uncomfortable? Because we're expected to be invincible? If we terminate him, we stigmatize the very thing we represent. You don't fire a dentist who gets a cavity. On my watch, Dr. Wolf stays on as head of neuro. He is the man for the job. A once-in-a-lifetime doctor who cares more about his patients than all of us in here combined. And if my stance costs me the role of chief, well...so be it.

Brilliant Minds, 2026

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See, to live is to suffer. But to survive…well, that’s to find meaning in the suffering.

DMX, Slippin’, 1998

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Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later (1998)

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Michaaaeeelllll! 🪓

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I dropped out of college 3x at 18, 19, and 20 years old. I had poor mental health, a developing addiction, and I rarely went to class.

17 years later, in July 2024, I had an energy healing experience that changed everything. I felt empowered to go back to school, finish what I started, and become a nurse. I had rediscovered my “purpose.”

So I got myself off academic dismissal, approved for financial aid, and hit the ground running. In January 2025, I started classes and did a complete 180 because I didn't miss a day of class.

By this time in my life, I had left a lot of careers "unfinished", so going to class and completing a semester felt iconic. But then everything changed, and I had a decision to make.

Here’s how following my intuition made me drop out of college again.

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I'm free, but I'm focused I'm green, but I'm wise I'm hard, but I'm friendly, baby I'm sad, but I'm laughing I'm brave, but I'm chickenshit I'm sick, but I'm pretty, baby And what it all boils down to Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet But I've got one hand in my pocket And the other one is playing a piano And what it all comes down to, my friends, yeah Is that everything is just fine, fine, fine 'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket And the other one is hailing a taxi cab

Alanis Morissette, Hand in My Pocket, 1995

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