not gonna lie, watching people I grew up with flaunt their perfect lives on social media is exhausting. they post their shiny new cars and their cozy houses while I scroll through my inbox, wishing for an answer to my job applications. sometimes I imagine inviting them to a potluck and asking if they’d like to trade lives for a day, but would they still be my friends if they knew my secret? I hear...
i just found out that someone from my workplace used my work ideas to get a promotion. now i’m here, getting paid less, pretending to be fine while drowning in a sea of other people's triumphs. meanwhile, the news about KADUGLI came on, and here i am, worrying about which bill to ignore this month. i wonder if those people have the same work nightmares... or if they're actually living real life in...
seeing zoe atkin out there killing it makes me question my whole life. while she’s flying high, i’m stuck watching my ex settle down with someone who posts their perfect life all over social media. can’t lie, part of me wishes my ex would just stumble across my search history. “how to forget someone who defined you” was in there last week, and maybe then they'd realize what they threw away. but nah, we’ll just pretend like i’m fine scrolling through their couple goals. #ZoeAtkin #BreakupTruths
seeing zoe atkin out there killing it makes me question my whole life. while she’s flying high, i’m stuck watching my ex settle down with someone who posts their perfect life all over social media. can’t lie, part of me wishes my ex would just stumble across my search history. “how to forget someone who defined you” was in there last week, and maybe then they'd realize what they threw away. but nah, we’ll just pretend like i’m fine scrolling through their couple goals. #ZoeAtkin #BreakupTruths
it's not that i don't care about my family. it’s just that sitting at those gatherings feels like a game show where the questions keep getting worse. i watch as everyone asks me about my life choices, comparing my "progress" to cousins who are lawyers and doctors while i’m still stuck Googling whether my lack of a social life is a sign of early onset panic disorder. every time i think they might e...