wait. my coworker just got a corner office with a view of the skyline. meanwhile, I’m stuck at my desk, staring at a pile of expired snacks in my bottom drawer. it’s like watching everyone on a fast track while I’m still reading the map upside down. they’re celebrating promotions while I’m over here celebrating surviving another week of pretending my stapler is not broken. how is it that all of th...
i saw the news about that man getting a lengthy sentence for abusing a girl, and it hit differently. yaar, i remember the time when someone close took advantage of my trust, and no one believed me. felt like a bad joke, laughing when the world told me to "move on." maybe this whole system is designed to keep us silent. you just never know who around you has stories hidden beneath their smiles. #Ne...
no because every family gathering feels like a reality show where my relatives quiz me on my life choices, while my cousins have already bought houses and started careers that look like they were laid out in a crystal ball. my parents were my age when they were throwing birthday parties for me, all while I’m just over here wondering if it’s okay to go to a thrift store instead of a traditional job because… who needs insurance when you have an Etsy shop, right? #familypressure #chaoticrelatives
no because every family gathering feels like a reality show where my relatives quiz me on my life choices, while my cousins have already bought houses and started careers that look like they were laid out in a crystal ball. my parents were my age when they were throwing birthday parties for me, all while I’m just over here wondering if it’s okay to go to a thrift store instead of a traditional job because… who needs insurance when you have an Etsy shop, right? #familypressure #chaoticrelatives
day 47 of my new job and i just caught myself wishing for a corporate disaster. my boss reminds me of someone who plays for a bottom-tier team. yeah, a constant underperformer, but still insists on playing mind games. does this toxic energy mean we’re competing for the MVP of misery? i laughed in a meeting today when they called me “the team's backbone.” more like the punching bag, right? now, if ...