THE CONFLUENCE
Dear My Gorgeous Pretties,
I’m sitting here sipping my tea, minding my b, as per youjsh (sound it out!), and for a second I got super excited thinking this was our 40th edition birthday! But then I remembered we actually started this thang on substack and there are 26 editions over there for your viewing pleasure. So, alas, this is just another regular old tale about a gal adventuring across the Canadian countryside. But my excitement got me reflecting on the beginning of this journey and remembering why The Weekly Woosah began in the first place. Since I am a sucker for celebrations, I'll have you know we did cross our 2 year milestone this summer. HooRAH! HooRAH! 🎉 But no matter where you are on your journey, it’s important at times to take a step back and remind yourself of why you started so that you understand why it’s imperative to keep going.
recipe for a beautiful life part 2, or, be obtuse
In my journalistic thoroughness I was doing some investigative research on some people online. Tryna dig up the goods, ya know what I mean? See if the stories they tell match up with who they are. Who they’ve been. In my inspection I came across a video from this PYT who shall remain nameless for the moment—we protect the lives of the innocent around here—where they said something that has stuck with me every waking moment since. It has truly irritated my spirit. Not in an annoyed way, but like the recognition that what they were saying was the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And it reminded me of this podcast clip I had seen a while ago from my OG muse, Nip Hussle tha Great, before his passing, where he pretty much said the exact same thing: It’s not about what they expect from you. It’s about reaching your potential. Now, this was a several years old video from PYT and idk if they are/were a fan of Nipsey’s work, but the resonance was clear and my soul has been trigggggerred.