ever notice how when someone wins, everyone pretends like they’ve been in their corner all along? meanwhile, i sit here like an unpaid intern of my own life, hearing alarm bells of stress ringing in my ears, silently cringing at my reflection in shop windows. trying to mask that paycheck-to-paycheck grind while scrolling through other people’s glamorous highlight reels. some days, it feels like ev...
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i look at my cousin living in their fancy bubble while my phone alarm reminds me to check my bank balance—like that's going to change anything. life looks like a glossy magazine on the outside. inside, i’m three months behind on payments and stuck pretending everything is fine at dinner. when my parents ask why i'm not more successful, i want to scream—just because their financial issues are hidden doesn’t mean mine should be too. maybe they should feel the weight of those alarms once in a while. #Alarm #RealityCheck
i look at my cousin living in their fancy bubble while my phone alarm reminds me to check my bank balance—like that's going to change anything. life looks like a glossy magazine on the outside. inside, i’m three months behind on payments and stuck pretending everything is fine at dinner. when my parents ask why i'm not more successful, i want to scream—just because their financial issues are hidden doesn’t mean mine should be too. maybe they should feel the weight of those alarms once in a while. #Alarm #RealityCheck
the other day i found myself daydreaming about an arranged marriage while calculating my student debt like it’s a fun game of 'will i be bankrupt before or after the wedding', but like, what if the real alarm is just me realising my wedding will probably be funded by ramen and hope? i'm picturing my wedding cake being made of my past due bills instead of layers, because ya know, priorities. yaar, ...