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  • Get outta here with the idea that low paid workers should 'better themselves' if they want to earn more money It's a travesty that some of the richest companies in the world don't pay their workers enough to live dignified lives but they expect them to pack boxes faster, scan shopping quicker, and wait tables long after their designated shift was meant to finish Bu...bu...but...tRiCklE dOwN eCoNoMicS thO WHERE? SHOW ME HOW THIS MONEY IS TRICKLING DOWN AND HELPING THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST Low paid workers are forced to work harder and harder in the hope that one day, they'll be considered worthy of a living wage. But when workers 'pick up the pace' who is it that really benefits? That's right - it's the people at the top Hard working employees are given stickers and certificates and pats on the back but WHERE IS THE MONEY, BITCH? If a member of staff's hard work has contributed to a rise in profits, why are they not getting a cut? The rich are getting richer while the poor are being told that their skills just aren't valuable enough🙄 Well FUCK. THAT EVERYONE who works full time should earn enough to pay their bills, put food on the table, live a reasonable standard of living and save for the future
  • "The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned." Maya Angelou ♥️
  • On my way to each counselling session, I meticulously plan everything I'm going to say. I try to imagine how my counsellor will respond to my problems and come up with a mental list of the best possible answers to her questions So here I was this morning, taking selfies in the loo, and thinking I had it all figured out Needless to say, the session didn't go quite the way I'd planned. Have you seen the episode of Fleabag where she asks her new therapist whether she should fuck the priest and she's like: "You already know what you're gonna do. Everybody does. You've already decided what you're going to do." Well, I went into the session thinking that I'm probably going to fuck the priest (fucking the priest is just a metaphor in my case ok?!) while knowing full well that fucking the priest might not be the right thing to do because whenever I've dabbled with religion in the past, it's not gone so well BUT... to my surprise, my counsellor made me realise that *maybe* fucking the priest wouldn't be such a bad idea. I hope she doesn't read this though because I know she'd be screaming at her phone like "THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID". Okay, so maybe I shouldn't fuck the priest but maybe I could kiss the priest and see what happens next. I can't stop myself from doing things that I want to do just because a bunch of religious nuts whose beliefs I don't even agree with might not approve of my decision. I can't turn down opportunities for happiness because I'm scared that afterwards, I'll end up burning in the depths of hell for all eternity She also made me realise that I try too hard to plan every aspect of my life and predict down to every last detail how it's going to go. But you probably could have told me that having read the first sentence of this post
  • Stop👏telling👏yourself👏and👏others👏that👏money👏doesn't👏matter Money doesn't have to be your number one priority in life. When it comes to your career, it's okay to opt for one that pays less because you love it than one that pays more but comes with stress and unhappiness. But Jesus Christ - this doesn't make money any less important Money dictates where you live; how you get to work; whether you can quit a job that makes you miserable without another job to go to; where you meet Tinder dates for a drink; whether you can afford to attend your friends' weddings; whether you can pay for you kid's school trip to France without sacrificing a family holiday to Majorca; and the type of care you receive when you're too old to look after yourself We need to get over the idea that caring about money is a bad thing - ESPECIALLY as women. Caring about money doesn't make you greedy or unethical or selfish. If you don't vocalise your interest in money, all it does is leave you paid less than your colleagues, working for companies that exploit people and with less flexibility in life I've said it before and I'll say it again, money gives you freedom, power and choices. It's important as fuck. Besides, the more you say you don't care about money, the more it will stay in the pockets of people who are so OBSESSED with it that they hoard it and do evil things for it - contributing to the gross inequality that plagues our world and leaves those with very little of it shamed for asking for more 😊✌️
  • Do you know what's worse than thinking the grass is greener? The realisation that the grass isn't actually greener and even if you get the thing that you really want and someone else has, you still might not be as happy as you think you'll be To be a little more specific, I recently realised that the writers and authors I look up to are broke and in debt; my favourite people get ghosted by dickheads on Tinder all the time; and some of the cutest couples secretly hate each other but they've stayed together for years due to a mutual fear of being alone✌️ On the one hand, it's no secret that it can be hard to see everyone living their best lives when yours feels imperfect. But on the other hand, the realisation that life screws us all isn't actually that fun either I'd feel better if I still thought things were going blissfully well for other people That way I'd feel like I had something to look forward to But no - even when you master one area of your life whether it be falling in love, getting your dream job, buying a house, or getting into a comfortable and unexplainable habit of shagging a different person every weekend, life will still find very subtle ways to fuck with you, one way or another 😂
  • This 👏People on low incomes are often far better with money than people give them credit for When you don't have much money, you kinda have to be clever with it in order to get by. When you have lots of money, you can afford to be a little more reckless Also, not only does it take money to make money, research suggests that being poor is actually more expensive! The cost of rent vs the cost of mortgage repayments is just one example If you keep beating yourself up for being bad with money, click the link in my bio for my checklist: 34 Signs You're Not As Bad With Money As You Think You Are You don't have to tick off all the things on the list. If there are just one or two things you can do, that's a great start! Wanna improve your money skills? Pick a couple more things from the list & focus on them going forward