Annika Berlin
@forthepeople
Annika Berlin
When you’re first getting to know someone, you don’t want to try to peer into their souls right away. It’s best to look at something together.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
23 Truths I Wish I Knew at 23
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Big questions interrupt the daily routines people fall into and prompt them to step back and see their life from a distance. Here are some of my favorite questions that do that: “What crossroads are you at?” At any moment, most of us are in the middle of some transition. The question helps people focus on theirs. “What would you do if you weren’t
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You should just be yourself, not because it will make you more likable (it won’t) but because it's only by being yourself that you'll find people who like you for who you are rather than for who you're pretending to be.
23 Truths I Wish I Knew at 23
When people posit disability as a problem, they look for solutions.
Ashley Shew • Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement (A Norton Short)
Don’t create the content you think people want to consume, create the content you want to consume. If it interests you, you’ll make it interesting to others.
23 Truths I Wish I Knew at 23
also know personally that a function of ableism is that it forces disabled people to navigate systems in isolation, so most people do not actually have a clue about what our lives are like. I