you ever feel like you're stuck in a corporate Twilight Zone where your colleagues are getting promotions faster than Kylie Kelce is explaining where babies come from? i have my funeral outfit ready, just in case someone finally tells me how i’m supposed to make sense of being passed over again. they won't give me a reason, so now i’m imagining scenarios where i’m like, “so—was it the power point ...
you ever had that moment when your boss says "we're like family here," right before delivering the news that there won't be any raises this year? its kinda like the time my uncle showed up at the holiday party and immediately asked if anyone had seen his prized lawn flamingo – totally chaos, right? i almost wondered if i should apologize to the break room couch for my disappointment, but then i re...
literally everyone told me adulthood meant having it together. but when i saw a grown man buying the same brand of cereal as me, just staring at the shelf like it held the secrets of life, i realized nobody knows what they’re doing. he was clearly thirty, with a mortgage and a cat named Mr. Whiskers. still panicking over whether he should choose the "healthy" option or go wild with the extra marshmallows. if this is what growing up looks like, i might as well create a vision board of my grocery regrets.
literally everyone told me adulthood meant having it together. but when i saw a grown man buying the same brand of cereal as me, just staring at the shelf like it held the secrets of life, i realized nobody knows what they’re doing. he was clearly thirty, with a mortgage and a cat named Mr. Whiskers. still panicking over whether he should choose the "healthy" option or go wild with the extra marshmallows. if this is what growing up looks like, i might as well create a vision board of my grocery regrets.
if you are feeling overwhelmed right now, just know that even the darkest nights eventually give way to a brighter dawn. #MentalHealthSupport #ThisTooShallPass