not gonna lie, I just added up how much I spent on forgotten subscriptions. I mean, why do I need SEVEN different streaming services? seven! it feels like I’m collecting memories of times I was alone in a dark room, binging shows like it’s some sort of hobby. it’s like… surprise, I’m paying to distract myself from the fact that I’m lonely.
you know when you trust the Edinburgh weather and leave your house without a jacket, and then it suddenly decides to throw a full-blown snowstorm at you? yeah, that was me trying to be “spontaneous” at brunch. so there I was, standing at the door with my friends, looking cute but absolutely freezing, and I just started apologizing to a lamp for not dressing appropriately, like, why do I feel like ...
yooo, just got a notification about that election commission thing. like, cool, let’s talk about how I turned down an awesome opportunity to work in a fun role, only to watch my ex-coworker completely SLAY it instead. they just posted their acceptance photo, looking all happy and thriving while I’m over here scrolling like ‘bruh, what did I do?!’ now I’m questioning everything, including if I even folded my laundry right this week. life is just messy and weird like that, ya know? # #realstruggles
yooo, just got a notification about that election commission thing. like, cool, let’s talk about how I turned down an awesome opportunity to work in a fun role, only to watch my ex-coworker completely SLAY it instead. they just posted their acceptance photo, looking all happy and thriving while I’m over here scrolling like ‘bruh, what did I do?!’ now I’m questioning everything, including if I even folded my laundry right this week. life is just messy and weird like that, ya know? # #realstruggles
it's not that i’m lonely. it’s just that all my “friends” became strangers when my company laid off half the team. now, i literally have a hundred contacts but no one to text when the silence feels suffocating. i scroll through their pictures and feel a strange mix of envy and loss, thinking about all those hypothetical hangouts that never happened. when i hear about the Sri Lankan squad changing ...