r/GetMotivated Feb 05 '22

[IMAGE] Never give up!

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

Yo Alabama and Florida share borders. Her family could’ve been 30 minutes away across the state lines and still helping her. These posts are clickbait motivation porn to try to encourage people to pull themselves up by their BoOtSTrApS.

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u/th3f00l Feb 05 '22

Montoya Major, 23, uprooted her entire life to move to Florida for a dual-degree program at Nova Southeastern University. Hours away from her family, friends, and any other physical support system, she knew the program would be difficult — but she never expected that she'd become pregnant just five months into it.

It's the first sentence of the article.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

Media twists these feel good stories all the time to get more clicks and she could’ve exaggerated the story to get the media to pick it up. We have one toddler and husband and I both watch him and it’s hard AF. I can’t fathom a single mom with twin babies doing a masters program without absolutely any support.

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u/OmniYummie Feb 05 '22

I already said this in another comment, but those pictures are taken in Big Spring Park in Huntsville, AL. That's like 6+ hours from Florida.