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The best advice I ever received was from BT.

I kept whining why do I have to do this? I don’t want to do this!

After listening to me complaining, BT said to me, out of frustration,

“Nicole shut the fuck up and do it because I said so.”

During the jobs that I have had over the years I still recall BT’s advice whenever I have a task that I don’t want to do. In my head I will hear BT say,

“Nicole shut the fuck up and do it because they said so.”

That is how I get through my day.

Thank you BT. Your advice has really helped. You will forever rock.

The worst advice I ever received was from SK.

It was about how I should apologize.

SK said, “You need to get down on your hands and knees and beg for forgiveness.”

I contemplated the advice for about a split second before the thought “fuck that shit” ran through my mind.

Not once have I or did I ever think that was good advice.

— Nicole Barden 3/11/2021

Originally published in Know Thyself, Heal Thyself on Medium