Boomerang Bags: Why We Keep Returning to the Same Lessons

Life has a way of teaching us lessons like they’re on repeat. I like to call these boomerang bags—the things you think you’ve learned, put in storage, and then, out of nowhere, come flying back at your face. Money, love, friendships, bad decisions—you name it. You swear you’re done, but somehow, like a toddler with sticky fingers, life keeps handing it back.

Take love, for example. You dated that one person, swore you’d never answer their texts again, and even blocked them on social media. You’re feeling good, moving on…then one rainy Tuesday, there it is: a “hey, how you been?” text. Boom. Lesson returned. Or money. Auntie said don’t lend it, Mama said don’t spend it all on sneakers, but there you were, donating $40 to someone who ghosted faster than Wi-Fi in the basement. That’s a boomerang bag.

Here’s the wisdom in all this: boomerang bags are proof that you’re growing. Each time the lesson comes back, you’re a little stronger, a little smarter, and a little quicker to catch it instead of letting it hit you upside the head. Eventually, you’ll throw that bag so far it don’t even come back—and when that happens, that’s your glow-up moment. That’s when you know you finally leveled up. Until then? Laugh, learn, and keep your eyes open—because boomerang bags are life’s way of keeping it real.

Black.By.Nature for the Blue Cafe Magazine