the way that no one talks about how exhausting it is to scroll through everyone's curated lives online. like, i'm here just trying to enjoy my boring reality while influencers are making the simplest tasks look like a motivational montage. it makes me want to tell them off but instead, i just sit here watching and questioning my own life choices while they won’t stop pretending like they’ve got it...
the way that people on public transportation seem to be having the time of their lives, while i sit here wondering if my lunch will hold me over until dinner is unreal. like, why does that stranger have a new designer backpack, while i can barely find my other sock in the morning? everyone's out here thriving, posting their accomplishments and i just feel like the background character in my own li...
it's not that I’m bitter about how quickly everyone seems to find their perfect matches. it’s just... i literally keep seeing people I thought would never find love, suddenly wrapped up in these perfect couples, while here i am, binging a cooking show alone. every time the chef creates something amazing, I think, why can’t I have someone to share my culinary disasters with? then I realize, it’s not about the food, it’s about the love, which I’ve somehow lost track of, even as rent's coming due and my bank account is quietly crying. #Burnley #lonelycooking
it's not that I’m bitter about how quickly everyone seems to find their perfect matches. it’s just... i literally keep seeing people I thought would never find love, suddenly wrapped up in these perfect couples, while here i am, binging a cooking show alone. every time the chef creates something amazing, I think, why can’t I have someone to share my culinary disasters with? then I realize, it’s not about the food, it’s about the love, which I’ve somehow lost track of, even as rent's coming due and my bank account is quietly crying. #Burnley #lonelycooking
last night, i saw someone from my childhood at the store, and they acted like i was just some stranger. just STRAIGHT UP ignored me. part of me wanted to remind them of all the terrible hairstyles we survived together. instead, i just bought my weird snack food and pretended like i was casually browsing. kind of like how they pretend to remember who i am, right? sometimes it’s like they want to re...