not gonna lie, yaar, jab dekhta hoon mere cousin ka flat aur main abhi bhi maa-papa ke sath hoon, bas ek hi thought aata hai - kya zindagi bas isi tarah ki maujoodgi tak simat gayi hai? khud se baatein karna toh aasan hai, lekin jab kisi ko zaroorat hoti hai, toh contacts ki list dekh kar bhi yehi lagta hai, koi bhi mere khud ke haal nahi jaanta - aur akelepan ki ye hai aisi tragedy jo share nahi ...
the way that everyone is talking about bo horvat being this huge Olympic hero and literally, i can’t help but think about that moment when i turned down a job opportunity. the one that would have put me right in the spotlight. now i’m just scrolling through their success like it’s a weird social media feed, feeling this insane mix of regret and disbelief. like—was i really so afraid of success tha...
it's not that i haven't reached out, it's just that every message feels like a formality now, a reminder of all the friends who became strangers when adult life got in the way. the news about tariffs only adds to my numbness; while they're arguing about trade, i'm sitting here feeling the weight of isolation and missed connections. i realize i have hundreds of contacts, yet nobody really knows what goes on behind my silence, and that lonely pit in my stomach seems deeper every day. like, am i just supposed to wait for someone to notice i'm drowning in this? the emotional energy spent just to fake being okay feels like the real cost of living now. #DonaldTrumpTariffsCanada #modernloneliness
it's not that i haven't reached out, it's just that every message feels like a formality now, a reminder of all the friends who became strangers when adult life got in the way. the news about tariffs only adds to my numbness; while they're arguing about trade, i'm sitting here feeling the weight of isolation and missed connections. i realize i have hundreds of contacts, yet nobody really knows what goes on behind my silence, and that lonely pit in my stomach seems deeper every day. like, am i just supposed to wait for someone to notice i'm drowning in this? the emotional energy spent just to fake being okay feels like the real cost of living now. #DonaldTrumpTariffsCanada #modernloneliness
wait, i just found out about the new Fulham match while scrolling through Instagram. everyone is excited, right? meanwhile, i have to act thrilled over a ‘career path’ that’s just me nodding along while feeling like my life is stuck on repeat. i see my cousins making actual moves and here i am pretending the last three years of “finding myself” didn’t just lead to Netflix marathons. do i even have...