the way that shai hope keeps getting ducks is so relatable, yaar — sometimes i feel like every time i try to stand up, something just knocks me down again. everyone around me is moving ahead, getting married, building lives, while i’m here trying to figure out my next step and feeling like a stranger in my own skin. matlab, it's lonely when you have hundreds of contacts but no one truly knows you....
yooo, so I just saw that they're hyping up this men's hockey tournament while I'm literally stuck at my desk wondering if my office chair has become sentient. I mean, how am I expected to focus on anything when I just found out my dream job is now being advertised online like it's yesterday's news? like, do I even still work here? honestly, I’m just waiting for my boss to call it "an opportunity f...
honestly, the worst part about realizing my family found my old blog is having to explain that the angsty poetry from 2016 does not define who i am now. i mean, yes, i had a “deep” phase, but literally, who doesn’t? now i’m just sitting here, trying to figure out how to convince them that “healing is a social construct” was more of a metaphor than a life philosophy.
honestly, the worst part about realizing my family found my old blog is having to explain that the angsty poetry from 2016 does not define who i am now. i mean, yes, i had a “deep” phase, but literally, who doesn’t? now i’m just sitting here, trying to figure out how to convince them that “healing is a social construct” was more of a metaphor than a life philosophy.
wait, can we just talk about how i gave someone a second chance, like literally, after all the hurt, and they just went ahead and threw it away on someone else? i was out here rebuilding trust like it was a high stakes game, and they took my heart and treated it like a second-rate player at a match. now i’m just sitting here, watching them shine like a star, while i’m over here wondering if they e...