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Just Keeping My Head Above Water
Some days, it feels like you’re just treading water — fighting to keep your head above the surface — while the waves just keep coming, one after another, trying to pull you under. For three long, soul-crushing years, I fought for my son. Three years of courtrooms, accusations, and endless paperwork. Three years of being silenced while others spoke lies on my behalf. My son was taken from me when he was six. He came back to me when he was nine. Those aren’t just numbers — they
Polly Ticherson
Nov 6, 20253 min read
Systematic Errors (aka When the Whole Thing Is Tilted)
You ever notice how you can do everything “right” and still end up wrong — over and over — in the same way? That’s not bad luck. That’s not you being sloppy. That’s a systematic error. Let’s make it simple. Imagine a bathroom scale that’s always 5 pounds off. Not sometimes. Always. You step on: 155. Tomorrow: 155. Next week: 155. It looks consistent, so you trust it. But the truth is 150. That’s the dangerous thing about systematic errors: they’re consistent, not accurate. Ra
Polly Ticherson
Nov 1, 20254 min read
Rules, Tools & Fools
Rules, Tools & Fools Have you ever heard the saying, "A fool with a tool is still a fool"? It's a classic, right? But I think we need to update it for the modern age. Today, I want to talk about the three things that govern our lives, our work, and our success: Rules, Tools, and Fools. And how you can make sure you’re not the latter. Let’s start with Rules. We’re surrounded by them. Societal rules, company policies, legal regulations, even the unwritten rules of social etiqu
Polly Ticherson
Oct 28, 20253 min read
rave4betterdays.com
💥 Title: Why We Rave: A Mother's Fight Against Injustice and the Rise of a Movement. 💬 Introduction: Welcome to Rave4BetterDays — a platform born not from convenience, but from crisis. I never imagined I'd become a public voice for justice, family rights, and systemic reform. But when the system came for my child without cause, I had no choice but to rise. 🧠 The Mission: Rave4BetterDays isn't just a website. It’s a moral justice movement . A fight against corruption in
Polly Ticherson
Oct 28, 20252 min read
What does “justice” even mean today?
What does “justice” even mean today? Seriously, think about it. For most of history, it felt simpler, almost… mythical. Good guys versus bad guys. A hero with a sword, a villain getting their just desserts. A set of divine rules, and if you broke them, you faced the consequences. There was a clear right and a clear wrong. But we don't live in that storybook world anymore. Today, justice isn't a single, shining monument we can all point to. It's more like a shattered mirror. W
Polly Ticherson
Oct 28, 20253 min read
Love,Sex, Loyalty..
Let's talk about something messy, something real: love, sex, loyalty... and the weird, deep-seated wiring in our brains that dictates it all. The world loves to paint a simple picture, right? You find "The One," fall in love, and live happily ever after. It's the fairytale, the rom-com, the promise sold to us since we were kids. Then there's the other side of the coin, the cynical view: it's all just lust, a biological game. We're just animals driven by the need to procreate.
Polly Ticherson
Oct 28, 20252 min read
K.I. N. K.
Ever feel like there’s a part of you that’s… different? A desire, a fantasy, a way of thinking that doesn't quite fit the mainstream mold? You might call it a kink. And for a long time, that word has been whispered, hidden in the shadows, loaded with shame and judgment. But what if I told you that your "kink," that unique part of you, is not something to be ashamed of? What if it's actually a key—a powerful, untapped source of knowledge about what you truly need in life? Let'
Polly Ticherson
Oct 28, 20253 min read
What is Time?
What is time? It's a question we almost never think to ask, right? It’s just… there. It’s the ticking of the clock, the turning of the calendar pages, the sun rising and setting. We measure it, we save it, we waste it, we wish we had more of it. But what *is* it, fundamentally? Is it even real? Let’s start with what we experience every day. We call this "psychological time." It's our personal, subjective feeling of time passing. You know how a five-minute plank feels like an
Polly Ticherson
Oct 28, 20253 min read
The Human Basic Needs Theory
ave you ever wondered what truly drives you? What's the invisible force behind your daily habits, your deepest values, and even your sense of right and wrong? It's a question that has puzzled philosophers and scientists for centuries. But the answer might be simpler, and more profound, than you think. It all comes back to our basic human needs. Let's rewind the clock. Way back. I'm talking hundreds of thousands of years. Imagine our early ancestors on the savanna. Their world
Polly Ticherson
Oct 28, 20253 min read
What if we're looking in the wrong direction?
What if we're looking in the wrong direction? I mean, really, think about that for a second. We spend our whole lives searching, right? We're searching for happiness, for success, for love, for meaning. It’s this constant, forward-facing pursuit. We’re like explorers with a map, convinced that "X" marks the spot, and that spot is somewhere out there, in the future, over the next hill. We tell ourselves stories. "I'll be happy when I get that promotion." "My life will be compl
Polly Ticherson
Oct 28, 20253 min read
The challenge is no longer just to survive. The challenge is to become worthy of the power we now hold.
You know, for as long as we can remember, we’ve thought about evolution in one way: survival of the fittest, stronger bodies, sharper senses, bigger brains. We picture our ancestors evolving from apes, slowly standing upright, learning to use tools. And we wonder... what's next? What will humans look like in a million years? Taller? Weaker bodies because of technology? Maybe with giant heads? But what if we’re looking in the wrong direction? What if the next great leap for hu
Polly Ticherson
Oct 28, 20252 min read
The next stage of our evolution might not be biological at all
Have you ever stopped to think about where we, as a species, are actually heading? I mean, really think about it. We talk about evolution, but are we evolving or are we just… changing? Let's start at the very beginning, with our DNA. It's the blueprint, the code that built us. This code created the very structure of humanity, this complex, sprawling global society we see today. And at the heart of this structure are our basic needs—food, shelter, connection. It seems simple e
Polly Ticherson
Oct 28, 20252 min read
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