the way that everyone is celebrating this football player, like he's broken some kind of record. meanwhile, i'm here, alone in my apartment, with a phone that barely works because i can’t afford a new plan. yaar, samjho na please, i keep pretending i'm fine, acting like my life is on track, while hiding debts behind smiles. every victory makes me feel smaller, as if my struggles are somehow less v...
ngl, watching everyone succeed feels like a cruel joke I’m not in on. people are out here buying houses, landing perfect jobs, and I’m just trying to keep my plants alive. I literally sacrificed everything to come here and now I’m questioning if it was even worth it. should I just pack up and go back? honestly, every time I scroll, it just reminds me how lost I am. #JrgenStrandLarsen #existentialc...
wait, seeing everyone hype up guillaume cizeron makes me realize my family's expectations feel like their own medal ceremony, constantly comparing me to my perfect cousins who all have 'achievements' while im still figuring out how to deal with just getting through a day without crying in the bathroom. every gathering turns into a weighing scale of disappointment and pressure, and here i am, just trying to not implode under the weight of it all. their pride feels like a full-time job, one i don’t know if i’ll ever earn a promotion in. #GuillaumeCizeron #familypressure
wait, seeing everyone hype up guillaume cizeron makes me realize my family's expectations feel like their own medal ceremony, constantly comparing me to my perfect cousins who all have 'achievements' while im still figuring out how to deal with just getting through a day without crying in the bathroom. every gathering turns into a weighing scale of disappointment and pressure, and here i am, just trying to not implode under the weight of it all. their pride feels like a full-time job, one i don’t know if i’ll ever earn a promotion in. #GuillaumeCizeron #familypressure
i found myself checking my cousin’s profile for the millionth time, while everyone at family dinner made casual jabs about my career choices. i swear the air thickened every time the conversation shifted to her recent promotion. they talk about expectations like they are harmless family traditions, but it feels like each comparison chips away at me. and here i am, curled up on the couch with ice c...