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Whatup Reader!

There’s no way you don’t know that Black Friday is coming buuuut you might not know where the phrase ‘Black Friday’ came from.

It’s commonly believed that the phrase Black Friday was first used as a reference to businesses operating in the red (aka at a loss) until the day after Thanksgiving, when the script flipped and they magically started turning a profit and operating in the black.

Honestly, wtf kind of business model would that be? Operating at a loss for all but one month of the year?! Immediately no. Shame on whoever started that nonsense rumor.

The term ‘Black Friday’ actually came about in the 1960’s when police officers in Philadelphia started using the term to refer to the extra hours and work that was demanded of them on that day as folks poured into the city for shopping and Saturday’s annual Army-Navy football game. Don’t believe me? Why would I lie to you? Either way, you can Google it.

I don’t have any Black Friday sales for you, but I will be running a Cyber Monday sale on my self-paced courses, so if you’re interested in any of those keep your eyes on your email next Monday. 24 hours only. I run my business how I want.

But in reference to the subject line of this email, here’s how you actually save money: Don’t buy anything at all. You will save 100%. Talk about BIG savings!

Look at me out here telling you not to buy anything. Like I said, I run my business how I want.

If you want to go buy the things, mine or anyone else’s, by all means, do so. I’m not here to shame you.

I am however here to use this idea of how to actually save money as nice little segue into something that’s been on my mind for a bit, and that was the main topic of yesterday’s podcast episode.

Psst, yesterday’s episode was dope. Consider giving it a listen or a watch if you have 32 minutes to spare.

Yes, dear reader, I’m still thinking about the election.

I’m a Capricorn. Ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do.

So, that segue, the way you can actually save the most money is by purchasing nothing. Relating to the election, what can you actually do about the results of the election if they weren’t to your liking?

Well, regarding the results themselves, nada. We ain’t storming shit, folks. Immediately no.

You can however take a moment and ask yourself what actually bothered you about the results?

Was it the racism, the sexism, the transphobia, the tone that was being set, the things that were being normalized, the behaviors that were being promoted and emboldened?

If the election and its outcome made you feel some kind of way, you can take a moment and ask yourself what actually bothered you, then look to see how those things show up in your immediate, day-to-day life…and start there.

If you want to hear MOAR about what actually bothered me, again, gonna encourage you to listen to yesterday’s podcast episode. There’s just MOAR room for nuance and explanation and emotion there.

But the big reason that the results of this election bothered me was that to me it felt like a declaration that if you’re a little Black girl in this country, you in fact cannot be whatever you want when you grow up. Not here.

I sat with this for quite some time (like a few weeks), and as the numbers continued to be tallied, I decided that I didn’t want to spend every day feeling that way, so I started looking at the other side of things. I started looking at the fact that 74,347,674 people voted for Kamala Harris and said that yes, little Black girls can in fact grow up to be whatever they want; even President of the United States.

48.4% of everyone who voted said this, and when I stopped to really look at that, my action item, what I could actually do, became clear: Run for President.

Just kidding. Absofuckinglutelynot. What a terrible job that sounds like.

What I can actually do is to keep doing what I been doing…and do it louder.

I can keep reminding people that MOAR you is better. I can keep showing them and reminding them that when you’ve accepted yourself, when you believe in yourself, when you love yourself, when you’re secure in your shit, when you’re willing to bring your WHOLE self to the table (I’m talking your fears, your joys, your emotions, your ideas, your hopes, your love, your imperfections, your insecurities, your highs, your lows)…it’s a gift.

You can lean into difference, you can celebrate difference, you can welcome difference, you can choose to relate in the presence of difference.

You can be curious about others because you’re not fearful of what all that searching might reveal about you.

When you realize that MOAR you is better, a little Black girl can grow up to be anything she wants.

MOAR you brings with it an understanding that life, and this shared existence, isn’t a zero-sum game.

MOAR you doesn’t mean less room for others.

MOAR you means more opportunities for everyone to show up exactly as they are, with everything that they have.

MOAR you is better.

We’re not going back.

Happy Tuesday, fam.

Maestro out.

PS – Yes, I have MOAR You (and MOAR Love) merch if you’re interested. No, it’s not on sale. I run my business how I want 😉. Check it out here.​

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