Todd

Hi 💖💖

Ramadan kareem ya 7abaybe, nshalla ykoun shahr 7elo w khafeef 3laykon 🤗

And Ventus is such a good boy, protect him 🥺💖

Birth By Sleep is fun so far! 💖
Ari and I just decided to start with the Ventus route since we needed to choose one of them. I dig the combat style in this game! It feels a lot different than the previous Kingdom Hearts games, in a way that I think is really neat 😁

Good memories 🥰

As much of a nerd as I am, I DO like outdoor exploration, though I don’t know how my uncoordinated ass hasn’t gotten hurt more often than I have 😅😭

Looking forward to when the warm weather returns and the future adventures that await us 💖

Acting like he can just go up in there and be on a Palestinian made app like he isn’t grossly racist towards Palestinian people, and it’s like

No sir, that is not the app for you 🙂‍↔️

But yeah, anyways, I’m on UpScrolled too if you wanna follow, toddmh1998 🤗💖

No, but seeing a former friend of mine who posted Kahanist genocidal rhetoric on Threads, then try to make me out like the crazy one because I called him out on it, make an account on UpScrolled, of all places 🥴

You’re gonna do awesome! 🤗💖

Absolutely! We can’t “good vibes only” our way out of pain

But people don’t need you to turn their pain into a motivational quote. They need to feel seen in their pain

The light means more when you’re not pretending the dark isn’t there 💖

Real positivity makes space for the full range of human emotion. And then, after that? Maybe we talk about hope. Maybe we talk about moving forward. But we don’t skip the part where things are actually hard

I’ve had to unlearn this too. It can be really tempting to jump straight to silver linings

I’m a pretty optimistic person. I believe in kindness. I believe in hope. I believe people can grow

But toxic positivity? That's bullshit. It’s when people try to slap a smiley face sticker over real pain and call it healing. “Everything happens for a reason.” “Others have it worse.”

I don’t understand that

Hey. It’s really weird energy to slide into my Instagram DMs to tell me that you’re unfollowing me because I’m now in a relationship 🙃

I’m not bothered by people leaving, they don’t have to stay if they don’t want to. But what’s the intention behind going out of your way to say that to me?

So homophobic 😭

I haven't told my BlueSky friends yet, so: I'm in a relationship now! My boyfriend is really cute and sweet and kind and I love him dearly 🥺🥺

I feel really blessed to been seen and to be appreciated by them, and even though I will be leaving them by the end of the week, I will definitely miss the connections that we’ve built

Much love to everyone 🤗

- Todd 💖

My coworkers are so kind to me 😭

I’m finishing up my last week here before starting the new job on Monday. Everyone I have worked for or worked with has had really kind things to say to me about my time here 🥺

Depression is awful. Even when things should be going well. Even when you feel like you should be grateful for what you have. It’s so loud in your head and it never fully stops
I wish I wasn’t like this

Also more than happy to take recommendations on things to do if you know of them! Definitely already have stops in Amman, the Dead Sea, Jerash, Petra, and Wadi Rum on the list 🤗

We’re thinking within the next year or so. Some time to get everything planned out, save up some more money, get my passport, brush up on the little Arabic skills I have, etc etc
It brings me a lot of joy that we can have this to look forward to ☺️

I’ve been planning my very first trip outside of the US 😁
Noura and I have decided that since her coming over here is impossible for the foreseeable future, we instead want to try meeting up in Jordan 💖

I really like him. A lot. He’s such a kind, beautiful person, and I think he actually feels the same way about me
Not saying we’re deciding on anything yet, but the thought of loving him does make my heart happy, for sure

So my roommate Ari and I have known each other and lived with each other for a few months now and have a really good relationship. We initially had dating off the table but I feel that we have been slowly reconsidering that boundary

Thanks! 💖

Basically I’ll be the guy meeting with universities to understand what they need, demo our software, and design the right setup before they buy it
So excited for the new job and the pay raise 😁

So I got hired for a new job! 💖
As great as they have been, I’ll be leaving my current employer and starting a new role as a Solutions Consultant for an EdTech vendor company. They have products they sell such as learning systems, student success platforms, and predictive analytics tools

Thanks ☺️💖

Aww thanks

Candid photo of Todd

I don’t always love candid photos of myself.
But I do love moments like this, when I forget to be hard on myself 💖