Tinu Abayomi-Paul aka Empress of Twerk. NO DMs Profile picture
Writer. Speaker. Founder. “They Not Like Us” Black. She/her See link for help, NOT DM/tags #DisabledBlackTalk #MySpoons #OwCH #ForTinu 7025088468

Feb 4, 2018, 15 tweets

Lord #myspoons are on one this week. Not quite sure how to describe what I'm going thru.

This entrepreneur re-entry is messing a #spoonie up!

So most of y'all know I've been recovering from #chemo & that the #cancer turned up even more fun ailments.

But a chick needs checks. So prematurely back to FT work I go.

& Child I'm a hot mess. This paper chase is not going as planned.

Whole lot of chasing, paper at a minimum.

Plus psychologically it's fucking with me. I can work from home so thank God there's no commute to contend with.

So off my game though.

& I'm rarely off my paper game. Broke here & there but in crunch time?

Cash money. I'm a hustler, baby. Not in the pimp way, in the grinding way.

I worked part time even during chemo. But transitioning to full time is making me rethink my whole life.

This year will be 22 years that I've had at least one profitable digital business. And so much has stayed the same.

But have I changed too much?

If so, what do I do?

How do I run my mini-empire that's based on me creating content when I can barely stay alert enough to write a Twitter thread?

Who am I without my hustle?

It's not just being fatigued and in pain so much though that's at least half of it.

It's that I used to run on quiet time & a work-whenever-I'm strong schedule.

Having the kids with me means that's over. Half the time I can only sleep when they're in school. My sister has offered to help.

But for her to help run the engine I have to cut the bitch on first.

I'm a woman, so obviously I'll figure it out. Not like there's rescue coming. Just bills.

Well I'm going to take #myspoons to bed and try to un-perplex them. Have fun #NotBuyingIt at the Super bowl commercials.

(If you don't know a #spoonie is
read this article by Christine Miserandino @bydls goo.gl/QDeiFa

TL;Dr it's a person who is chronically ill often in ways not apparent at 1st blush)

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