Sometimes You Gotta Pop Out & Show...

reflections on content creation & gratitude

At the moment I’m en route to DC; I’m spending a couple days there to attend a conference as a guest of the nonprofit Reproductive Freedom for All. I’m not totally sure what to expect, but I imagine the vibe will be quite different from The Pop Out, Kendrick Lamar’s victory lap, Juneteenth concert, where DJ Mustard opened his set with one of my TikTok audios. Am I flexing? Of course (🤪)– but only mildly, and that’s not really the point. I’m starting here to say that when I yell at you guys about “being yourselves” and how it’s the only way to unlock the life path that’s authentically yours, that can only belong to you, it’s not just talk. I’m actually doing this shit fr. A life is unfolding ahead of me that I simply do not have the range to predict – the type-A nerd to DJ drop pipeline isn’t one I’m familiar with. Instead, I’m just doing me: cultivating my interests and disregarding what I don’t give a shit about so I can redirect that energy to what I actually do, and life is responding in kind. I was tempted to follow that up with “despite its ups and downs,” but the more accurate statement is that life is responding in kind because of its ups and downs, because I’ve used those experiences to sharpen my sense of self and my intuition, because I’ve chosen to persist.