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June 26 - June 28, 2022
“Because even with this nice condo and her incredible job and her boss-bitch car—whatever that is—people will still question why she doesn’t have a man,”
As the head of Human Resources, Mr. Caldwell here should know better than to put his hands on an employee without their express permission.
How much of her own potential had she sabotaged by sticking so doggedly to her master plan?
Maybe it was time she accepted that plans changed. And sometimes they changed for the better.
She authored her own narrative. No one else had the power to write it for her. It was time she take back control of her life story.
“It’s nothing you don’t already know, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to remind you. We tend to forget how special we really are after something like this happens.”
The pressure to be perfect is overwhelming.”
“And like that ant, I’m carrying the weight of so many
others on my shoulders.”
Samiah knew once she broadcasted her plans, she would feel compelled to follow through with them. Not only
to follow through, but to succeed at the highest level. She would not tolerate anything less than world domination.
But I discovered that if I don’t give them the chance to ask them—if I do whatever I can to make it perfect on the first try—then I’ve taken away their power.
They can’t doubt my abilities if I don’t give them that chance.”
coincidences are just connections that haven’t been made yet,”
“That night, he told me to make sure I controlled every part of my life, because when you’re not in control awful things can happen and you can’t do anything about it. That’s why I need to control as much as possible.”
