not gonna lie, life has been a constant balancing act since moving here. yaar, ghar wale toh samjhte hain ki mein upar hi upar sab kuch theek kar rahi hoon, but honestly, I'm just one late bill away from a meltdown. no one talks about the embarrassment of pretending you have it all together while hiding your credit card bills under a stack of “motivational” self-help books. seeing the news about t...
i just read about the hype surrounding artificial intelligence stocks and honestly, it made me feel like a total fraud. like, everyone is out there bragging about their investments and i'm here literally counting the number of cheap frozen meals in my freezer just to make it through the week. the gap between how people perceive my 'successful' life and the reality of me scrounging for change to pa...
so there i was, staring at my phone during lunch break. it buzzed with an update about the AFC Champions League—like who even cares, right? then it hit me. a year ago, we watched those games together, cheering like we knew anything about football. now, it’s just me—nervous that my next date will inevitably be compared to the ghost of him— a phantasm that hangs over every bad text conversation. i can’t believe i thought i was in love with him when really, he was just the reason i forgot to love myself. #AfcChampionsLeague #lostlove
so there i was, staring at my phone during lunch break. it buzzed with an update about the AFC Champions League—like who even cares, right? then it hit me. a year ago, we watched those games together, cheering like we knew anything about football. now, it’s just me—nervous that my next date will inevitably be compared to the ghost of him— a phantasm that hangs over every bad text conversation. i can’t believe i thought i was in love with him when really, he was just the reason i forgot to love myself. #AfcChampionsLeague #lostlove
literally saw that Jutta Leerdam got praised for women in sports, and here I am struggling to keep my plants alive. like, why can she glide effortlessly while I panic over a wilting fern? honestly, sometimes I daydream about my indoor garden flourishing and people showing up just to ask me how I do it. yet every time I give them advice, it’s like I’m reading a cooking recipe for a dish I’ve never ...