Brittany McNicholas

57 months ago, I was living my dream working as a fashion designer in NYC. 56 months ago, my dad passed away 20 days after being diagnosed with cancer, and my first nephew was born 11 weeks early. My dad's funeral was on my nephew's original due date. 1/6

@jappleby Oh my goodness, I hope you know how deep my thank you is!

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@Meganljtaylor Weird we never have google search experts

Anyone else wondering how there are so many ChatGPT experts? Or is it just me

@FluentInFinance Can you do this for nephews?

2023 Tax Tip: If you own a business & have kids under 18, you can pay them $13,850 tax-free and deduct it from your taxable income Your child will owe $0 in taxes and you legally avoided tax on $13,850 Then invest their first $6,500 in a tax-free ROTH IRA. Let's discuss this:

@leadoeslinkedin Messages that are so copy & paste you can tell they didn’t actually read your profile or research your business. Also I’m less inclined to accept connections of people I don’t know or who don’t have many connections in common.

What makes you REJECT a LinkedIn connection request?

@AmberCadabra Sending so much love. I am just coming to 7 years and this heavy fog lifted about a month ago. Can’t even put into words how it felt. Like I was doing some of the motions of life but I wasn’t fully there? It’s wild.

@d_trev @Crayola Ah how fun!!! I hope your life is full of 🌈!

@jappleby It’s a great reminder that not *everything* needs to be refreshed or modernized!

...did any New Yorkers work on the new NY ad campaign? Because this is just inexcusably bad in so many ways. - The "we" is SO CORNY. - What's with the ❤️ placement? - What's the the ❤️ coloring? - The original "I" statement is so much more powerful because it's about SELF + NY.

@emilyryantweets Just because they unsubscribe doesn’t mean they’re not still in your audience somewhere. There’s a company I love their emails, but I dont listen to the content on their podcast. There are some companies I follow closely on social so I don’t also want the emails.

It always hurts a little when someone unsubscribes (especially if you know the person). But I try to remind myself that people unsubscribe for a whole host of reasons, including: 1. They may be subscribed with another email address. 2. They are overwhelmed with all the emails they get. Don't stress about it too much. It's not always personal.

@PriceAvocado ah this is too true!

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@jappleby 🥳 Congrats!

Some exciting (and scary) personal news: My newsletter, Future Social, is now fully independent! That also makes me a 1st time business owner, which is the craziest thing. Never in my life did I think I'd own a biz, especially as a content creator, but here we are. 1/

@estefaniammitre I’m so sorry for your loss. I was 29 and am now 36 and just came out of the fog. I’m sending you much love and warmth as you navigate the grief. ❤️

I just lost my dad at 24. And can someone explain how bereavement leave is officially only THREE days? Like, hello, I am probably traumatized for the next decades.

@AmandaMGoetz Having an unhelpful partner (so many women I know are unhappy and feel like single parents) and having a kid in a society where it’s stacked against women.

Question for those without children / considering having children? What’s your biggest fear? Trying to share tips on HOW to make it work if you really want career and a family.

@humb1ed_ No shame in the life game! Happy for you!

@HaileyLennonBTC Pluots are the best fruit ever! ❤️

Made my own avocado toast. Financial responsibility 😂

@erica_wenger Always.

Anyone else have desires monthly to purchase a huge plot of land, get several of those Home Depot pre-built houses for $15k, & go live out in the middle of nowhere on that land in those houses w/ a bunch of friends?

@heyalexfriedman I’m so sorry for all who loved her and the baby who won’t get to know her light from first hand experience. Pancreatic cancer is brutal.

A year ago today my best friend Erika sent me and our other best friend this text message. At the time we didn’t realize this moment would change our lives forever and 11 months later she would be gone. She was 31 years old and 34 weeks pregnant when diagnosed with stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer. I remember this moment vividly. I was sitting on my phone watching TikTok after I had just posted a video. A minute before I was blissfully unaware of the complete shit show life would become. I didn’t understand at first. I’ve never known anyone with cancer. When Erika told us, I thought it wasn’t a big deal. I thought it was something she could “just get scraped out”. The few days that followed included me not eating or sleeping, sitting on the edge of my bed as I called in every favor I could to get Erika into a top hospital as she waited to be induced to give birth so they could start chemo immediately. I took on the roll of being the messenger for our college friend group. I started a GoFundMe. I begged people for help on Twitter. I’ve never been so desperate for help and answers in my life. Life is much more fragile than anyone wants to realize. Within moments Erika, and everyone who loves her, lives completely changed. A month since she’s passed and I miss her non stop. Not a second goes by that I don’t think about her. Even the way I exist in the world is completely different now. I know that she’d want me to use my platform to bring awareness to pancreatic cancer, especially the way that many families still have a lack of answers and resources post-diagnosis. I hope to continue to do that. 💜

@NitaSweeney My cheer coach in high school used that quote and had it printed on t-shirts. It always made me cringe a bit. This take on it is fab!

Yoda had it wrong. “Do. Or do not. There is no should,” is way more helpful than telling us “there is no try.” Let’s face it, sometimes “try” is all we’ve got.—Deborah Williams #writing

@inb4denn Chat GPT except it takes your resume and fills in the online version we still neee to fill out in 2023. It puts all of the right info in the correct box, too.

I've used ChatGPT to update my resume and my LinkedIn about today. If this is what helps me get a job then I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

@emilyryantweets Yesssss! In very close second is branding of some sort. I can’t do the emails that are just text and just have the persons name and not their business. Unless I follow you everywhere and you out yourself everywhere, I don’t remember you but even just 1 brand element would help.

I truly believe what gets me to open an email is NOT the subject line but knowing what kind of content I will get when I open it. There are so many emails I open regardless of the subject line because I know what's inside. Right?

@PriceAvocado @Thefrugalgay11 I also think people pleasing is enforced as “good behavior” as kids in many settings including school. I’ve been thinking a lot about it needs to be counterbalanced

@Thefrugalgay11 People pleasing is a coping skill and it’s something that needs to be deconstructed

What's one fact about life that took you too long to accept?