no, because i scroll through my feed and it’s all people celebrating their new houses and fancy vacations—meanwhile, my biggest achievement this month is not ordering takeout. yaar, matlab samjho na, it's like i’m stuck in a game where everyone else has all the cheat codes, and i just can’t find the reset button. every ping from my phone is a reminder that everyone's moving up while i can barely h...
honestly, i just saw that alishan sharafu news and it reminded me of the time my high school crush told everyone i was "too intense." like, excuse me, i was just really passionate about my sock collection and maybe slightly too vocal about how red was a powerful color. but now, years later, i'm standing in a meeting feeling just as out of place, quietly sweating while my boss throws around corpora...
wait, so every time we have a family gathering, I literally feel like I'm walking into a talent show I didn't sign up for. my aunt literally compares my life to my cousin who's already sold a startup for a yacht, while I’m over here just trying to figure out how to make quinoa without googling it. like, honestly, do they think I’m just going to pop out a multi-million dollar idea? it's exhausting. meanwhile, they don’t even know I can’t even keep my houseplant alive.
wait, so every time we have a family gathering, I literally feel like I'm walking into a talent show I didn't sign up for. my aunt literally compares my life to my cousin who's already sold a startup for a yacht, while I’m over here just trying to figure out how to make quinoa without googling it. like, honestly, do they think I’m just going to pop out a multi-million dollar idea? it's exhausting. meanwhile, they don’t even know I can’t even keep my houseplant alive.
yar, matlab samjho na, meri maa jab chachi se keh rahi thi "mera beta MNC mein kaam karta hai", mujhe samajh nahi aaya kaisa MNC, jab mere paas toh chaar notes hain jo meri loan ki kisht ki taraf jaa rahe hain. chacha ka beta videsh mein kaam karta hai, woh har baar milne aata hai flashy phone aur designer kapre leke. aur main sochta hoon, arey yaar, meri life to 25k ki hai. ab kya bolun? khud ko ...