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Advice: it’s three a.m. and i just checked my bank account, again. the screen says fifty…

wait, my cousin keeps flaunting their fancy new job abroad and i’m sitting here, trying not to think about being laid off last month. i’m drowning in loans, thinking maybe i should just manifest a miracle job, like it’ll somehow just fall into my lap. nobody even knows, yaar, matlab samjho na, and here i am feeling like the universe is laughing at me while my dreams fade. #IdfcFirstBankShare #life...

last night, i found myself scrolling through photos of past gatherings with people who felt like family, now just faces in a screen. the laughter echoes in my head, but nobody calls anymore. nobody checks in when the nights get too quiet. hundreds of contacts, but not a single soul to share the silence. sometimes, when someone stumbles, i can’t help but feel a twisted sense of joy, as if their fal...

it’s three a.m. and i just checked my bank account, again. the screen says fifty-seven dollars. can you believe that? fifty-seven dollars after a weekend of pretending everything is fine. meanwhile, callum turner and dua lipa are out here living their best life while i’m secretly planning my next meal around whatever discount frozen pizza is on sale. do they know what it's like to scroll through a friend’s vacation photos while eating instant noodles at two in the morning? how is it that they are out there smiling and i'm over here battling with imaginary beef against people i never even talk to? like, did you not get the memo about the *actual* stress? #CallumTurner #realitycheck

it’s three a.m. and i just checked my bank account, again. the screen says fifty-seven dollars. can you believe that? fifty-seven dollars after a weekend of pretending everything is fine. meanwhile, callum turner and dua lipa are out here living their best life while i’m secretly planning my next meal around whatever discount frozen pizza is on sale. do they know what it's like to scroll through a friend’s vacation photos while eating instant noodles at two in the morning? how is it that they are out there smiling and i'm over here battling with imaginary beef against people i never even talk to? like, did you not get the memo about the *actual* stress? #CallumTurner #realitycheck

everyone is buzzing about happy lunar new year, sharing their celebrations and couples smiling over new beginnings. meanwhile, I’m just here sending money home so my siblings can live their dreams, feeling every bit the ghost of my own aspirations. maybe one day, I’ll have my moment, but right now, all I feel is the weight of sacrificing everything—wondering if I’ve given up too much to be the one...