Wow I’m back and it’s 2026.
Yesterday, I sat called up one of the besties I met on tumblr back in 2013. We actively stay in each other’s lives, she’s visited me at every duty station, stayed with me in my childhood home, and watched me grow over the years.
I had the morning to myself where I was forced not to attend to responsibilities around the house, and to actually relax.
After gardening, I called up my bestie V, and we actually got to have our morning be a nonstop yap session. When was the last time here and I rolled out of bed, to be on our laptop, to check social media, vent about our lives, and then MANIFEST for what our future holds.
Each topic blended into the next, and one neuro spicy selves had no issue revisiting past topics to make a present connection. To be in the safe of someone else who allows you to feel every emotion, can be there to help you discern or allow you the space to hyper fixate , is necessary for the soul. That’s what V brings to me.
One of the topics we discussed was how marketing has changed both for advertisers and consumers — I love seeing her share how she moves in big girl corporate gardening position and apply angst to spreadsheets.
And somehow we made our way to discuss how we are tired (maybe even afraid) to go back to having a safe space on the internet. To be creative. To not worry about numbers and just have fun. And that’s what made us go back to the beginning of where our friendships started, and it was how much we loved being on TUMBLR. How much we loved customizing our pages, how fun it was exploring tags, how much time we spent on here not just consuming content, but ACTIVELY engaging and posting our own. And how us being unapologetically afraid to show up, helped us create community in our fave niches.
Like how can we replicate this love for creativity online in our 30s era in the age of Aquarius. With Uranus in Gemini 🤣
As I reflected in solitude, it made me see just how I need to START. Start posting. Say hi first.
The following day (today) I felt the impulsive urge to go on Facebook (I am never on there either) where I was prompted to share a pic for over the years? And I didn’t think too hard about it, found a picture, pressed post. And then I had my godsister text me that she saw my post and was so happy to hear from me! And proceeded for us to talk about Gemini season and a girls trip for her to visit me.
And simultaneously, I got a friend request from one of my oldest cousins’s best friends wife (I know that was a mouthful lol) and she messaged me saying oh sorry it was an accident but hello! And I stuck a conversation where we eventually started to talk about content creation, building community, and getting excited to talk to someone ELSE about this!
The universe loves risk, and motion. So I decided to download the tumblr app to my phone. Log in. Don’t think too hard about whet I was going to say in this post, and focus on DOING.
It feels great. It feels great to express myself. To write. To share inspiration. To inspire myself.
You have to fight to keep that light within you alive. The world, the system, worrying about bills and life, are but a few things that dim our light over time.
But today, the light got a little brighter. I had to share that at the very least for myself. And with consistency and time, I’m sure my light will blaze again for myself, and light the lanterns and torches of others.
Love you J, you’ve come so far!
