If I show up later than 7pm I think I’m being rude

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Speak your mind without being disrespectful

Hello friends! 🍋 Ok, we are not teaching you how to be rude, but how to keep setting your boundaries and using your voice without affecting negatively people around you. Sometimes I simple, no, thank you, already works, but other times you will have to be more straight and specific. Sett

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What To Do Between 5 PM And Bedtime 🌙✨

I used to think getting my life together meant creating the perfect routine. The perfect morning. The perfect evening. The perfect version of me. Every Monday I’d start over. Every Friday I’d feel behind. Then one day I stopped asking, “How do I change my whole life?” And start

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Signs I’m overstimulated… not rude. 🌙🤎

Sometimes I’m not mad. Sometimes I’m not distant. Sometimes I’ve just poured so much into work, motherhood, healing, and life… that silence becomes how I find myself again. If I sit in my car before walking in… If I read the text and answer later… If I get quiet before I talk… I’m not pul

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A light blue background with text: "That sounded hurtful. Was that your intention?" It explains this phrase puts responsibility back on them and stops passive-aggressive remarks, useful when someone makes a joke at your expense.

A light blue background with text: "Let's keep this respectful." It explains this phrase resets the tone without escalating, calling out rudeness without adding heat, useful when a conversation gets tense or personal.

Freeze When Someone’s Rude? Try This! 💅😏

"Power Phrases to Shut Down Rudeness ✨💪 Ever freeze up when someone says something totally out of line? 😬 Here’s a list of calm, confident phrases to shut down rudeness in real time—without being rude yourself. They’re respectful, assertive, and actually work ✅ Save this for later… or sha

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How to Be Rude in the Right Way

Mastering the art of strategic rudeness: because sometimes a little sass is just what the situation calls for! In a world that’s taught girls to be nice, it’s time for us to learn to be rude in a productive way. I’ve definitely done it the wrong way before so have learned these tricks to help.

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Is your kindness being taken for granted?

#kindness #kindnessforweakness #kindnessisstrength #embracevulnerability #Lemon8Diary #kind #kindnessandlove #kindnesswins #Lemon8 #lemon8challenge

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A MacBook Air displays a reading assignment document next to an iPad showing a student's schedule and apps. A snack and stylus are also visible, illustrating the point about less sleep.

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things I hated about being a commute student

1️⃣ sacrificing sleep - we get less sleep than everyone else and have to spend our time wisely to “fill in” for the time we missed out on sleeping. in the long run, it drains the life out of me, and it will continue to drain the life out of me :,D on days where I have projects due, I expect getting

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You are braver than you believe

#humannature

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How to Be Rude in the Right Way

Mastering the art of strategic rudeness: because sometimes a little sass is just what the situation calls for! In a world that’s taught girls to be nice, it’s time for us to learn to be rude in a productive way. I’ve definitely done it the wrong way before so have learned these tricks to help.

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how rude 🙂‍↕️

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A dark green image with ivy, presenting the boundary script: 'I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT FOR DOING THIS. IT'S JUST THAT, I'M NOT YET COMFORTABLE WITH ALL OF THIS.'

Do you want to set boundaries w.o sounding rude?

Here are some scripts you can start practicing today! ☞ Instead of saying “I don’t like what you’re doing” say, “I appreciate your effort for doing this. It’s just that, I’m not yet comfortable with all of these.” ☞ Instead of saying “I wasted my time waiting.” say, “I know you’re busy, but b

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Skip the 2pm crash. It’s time to lock in 🔐

#lockedin #supplements #energyboost #naturalenergy #afternooncrash

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Not being rude, just being fun

#dog #dogmomsoflemon8 #dogmomma #funny

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save these ideas for later! 🧸🌱🧖‍♀️

save these ideas for later! 🧸🌱🧖‍♀️ ten study break ideas! i tend to cycle through the same activities (reading, prepping a snack, cleaning) but i’ve been wanting to get more creative this year! so some ideas are old, some are new i hope you enjoy this post! happy studying friends~ #lemo

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what is PMDD??

got emotional writing this because man oh man, this is just so much more common than we think and women are getting mis diagnosed left and right. YAY for solutions cause they are OUT THERE. #cyclesyncing #hormonehealth #lutealphase #pmddawareness #pmdd #opdawareness #bipolardisor

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The Reality Of Being A Teen Mom

Being a teen mom is a lot harder than people on social media show. Yes, it is full of love, joy, beautiful moments, but it is also full of judgment and rude stares, it is full of people believing they know better than you, it is both fulfilling and lonely. Even though I get judged, I wouldn’t t

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4 days later.. 50 FOLLOWERS!

its been 4 days, and i hit 50 lemon8 followers! ive seen a lot of posts joking about how to grow your followers and they don’t give actual advice so i figured id share what ACTUALLY works for me. just remember the amount of followers or likes you have dont mean anything. theyre just a number. wi

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