sitting at another family gathering, my parents ask about my savings while my cousin who just got a promotion in rawalpindi flaunts their salary like it’s a trophy. no one gets that i have more loans than anyone realizes, and the pressure to compare feels like a giant balloon about to burst. sometimes, i wonder if they’d understand my struggle, or if they’d just label me as the “underachiever” in ...
the way that everyone is celebrating anthony mosca's journey, while i'm still at the same dead-end job, it just hits differently, you know? like, i scroll through Instagram and see my friends posting about their promotions and fancy cars, while i can't even afford to fix the tire on my old one. sometimes i feel like a ghost at my own reunion, everyone moving forward and i’m just... stuck, pretendi...
not gonna lie, the news about that mosque explosion in #Islamabad literally makes me question everything. I just sat through an awful team meeting, trying to sound engaged while I was thinking about how trivial my stresses are. I’ve been obsessively rewatching my favorite show because it feels safer than processing what’s happening in the world. honestly, I almost want to close my eyes and pretend it’s just me stuck in this mundane chaos, hiding from the reality that it’s all just waiting to explode, in my own life or anywhere else. #LifeCrisis
not gonna lie, the news about that mosque explosion in #Islamabad literally makes me question everything. I just sat through an awful team meeting, trying to sound engaged while I was thinking about how trivial my stresses are. I’ve been obsessively rewatching my favorite show because it feels safer than processing what’s happening in the world. honestly, I almost want to close my eyes and pretend it’s just me stuck in this mundane chaos, hiding from the reality that it’s all just waiting to explode, in my own life or anywhere else. #LifeCrisis
not gonna lie, i just watched another wedding video on my feed and instead of feeling happy, i felt this deep ache inside. yaar, matlab samjho na, how can everyone be getting married while i’m still struggling to figure out if i can even afford basic adult things? those wedding invitations feel like a reminder that i’m not even close to being okay. i just scroll, smile, and pray that nobody sees h...