Worst: My issue with this look isn’t the pieces Harry is wearing, they work on their own. It’s the way they were styled together. The blueprint is there, but the execution didn’t fully land for me

Best: Sleek, dramatic, and personal. This look aligns perfectly with Leon Thomas’s persona, an all black base accented by hints of green in the hair and finished with clean white bling. No critiques. The outfit is polished, intentional, and elevated.

Worst: Worst…she’s giving worker of iniquities with this bridgerton skirt and destiny child’s survivor top

Best: Simple Elegant and polished this is the Grammys not the Met Gala and she excuted flawlessly

Worst: Worst dressed…diarrhea was an unfortunate shade of brown that really didn’t flatter the look at all.

Best: Best dressed embodied a flowy, whimsical, and classy look, effortlessly cute from head to toe.

Worst: This is Worst Dressed for me because it is too much and too liitle at the same time. Too much fabric with too little design cohesion.

Best: This is my Best Dressed because of how sleek the outfit looks and how slick she looks in it.

Worst: It’s a no for me. What irks me is the dress’ usage of latex and construction makes it an interestingly odd piece. However, the minimal styling makes the statement its trying to make fall flat.

Best: Yup! I need more Audrey Nuna in Thom Browne. I will always love an audacious creative with the style to match. Seeing Audrey in Browne’s couture take of the quintessential suit just does it for me. What sweetens this moment is that Browne’s the same designer Doechii also wore for her first Grammy win. A sign for greater things in the future? Hmm…

School taught us how to pass exams, write essays, and memorize formulas but somehow skipped the part about surviving real life. No one explained credit before the first credit card offer showed up. No one broke down interest until it was already working against us. And budgeting? That became a panic skill learned after the first paycheck disappeared.

What we should’ve been taught is that money is less about how much you make and more about how you manage it. A raise doesn’t fix bad habits. Credit cards aren’t “free money.” Minimum payments keep you stuck longer. Saving isn’t about being rich, it’s about giving yourself breathing room when life happens.

We also never learned how emotional money is. How spending can be tied to stress, image, or the pressure to keep up. How saying “yes” to every vibe can quietly delay your future. Or how planning ahead doesn’t make you boring, it makes you prepared.

Most importantly, no one told us that financial confidence is built, not inherited. You don’t have to get it perfect. You just have to start paying attention. Asking questions. Reading statements. Setting small goals. Making intentional choices.

Adulthood didn’t come with a manual, but financial literacy is one skill we can still teach ourselves one decision at a time.

Unlearning Survival Mode

Survival mode doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like being productive all the time. Like never fully relaxing. Like feeling on edge even when nothing is wrong. For many of us, growing up around constant stress, financial pressure, instability, emotional unpredictability, taught our bodies one thing: stay ready.

When stress becomes familiar, the nervous system adapts. It learns to stay alert, scanning for the next problem before it arrives. This can show up as anxiety, overthinking, irritability, or exhaustion that sleep doesn’t fix. Even in calm moments, your body may not believe it’s safe enough to rest.

That’s the tricky part about survival mode: it works. It helps you get through hard seasons. It makes you resilient, observant, and capable under pressure. But when the danger passes and the pace doesn’t slow, survival mode stops being protection and starts becoming a burden.

Unlearning it doesn’t mean pretending the past didn’t happen. It means teaching your body new information. That rest is allowed. That peace isn’t a trap. That you don’t have to earn safety through constant motion.

This process is slow and often uncomfortable. Stillness can feel wrong at first. Calm can feel suspicious. But with time, through boundaries, self-awareness, therapy, prayer, or intentional pauses the nervous system can relearn balance.

You are not broken for struggling to relax. Your body was doing what it needed to survive. Now, the work is different. It’s about shifting from constant defense to gentle presence. From bracing for impact to allowing ease. From surviving to finally living.