wait, you ever notice how every family gathering feels like an episode of an interrogation show? my cousins are out there buying their second car like they just opened a crypto account, and I’m here trying to explain why I spent half the week making homemade masala chai instead of climbing the corporate ladder. yaar, matlab ghar wale samajhte nahi hai, they think my life’s a low-budget film withou...
it's not that i think about my parents a lot, it's just that they had entire lives planned by my age, and here i am, still searching for a cereal brand that doesn’t make me feel poor. i saw the news about florence brunelle returning to the olympics and honestly, part of me wondered if i could manage training to run out of money more creatively. like, maybe i could excel at adulting? but then i rem...
not gonna lie, i still wear the same sneakers from high school, and it's not for the aesthetic. when i look in my closet, all i see is a stage where everything looks good but underneath, it’s a whole circus of debt and empty wallets. everyone thinks i’m living large because of the brunch pics i post, but in reality, i’m rationing groceries like they’re a limited edition collectible. कभी-कभी तो ऐसा लगता है, हर कोई बस मुझे दिखावा करते हुए देख रहा है और मैं अपने फटी पुरानी जींस के पीछे छिपा हुआ हूँ।
not gonna lie, i still wear the same sneakers from high school, and it's not for the aesthetic. when i look in my closet, all i see is a stage where everything looks good but underneath, it’s a whole circus of debt and empty wallets. everyone thinks i’m living large because of the brunch pics i post, but in reality, i’m rationing groceries like they’re a limited edition collectible. कभी-कभी तो ऐसा लगता है, हर कोई बस मुझे दिखावा करते हुए देख रहा है और मैं अपने फटी पुरानी जींस के पीछे छिपा हुआ हूँ।
wait, so everyone seems to be buying new cars and moving into perfect homes while I'm over here Googling how to stretch a can of beans into a meal for three days. it's like the universe decided to give everyone a glow-up and left me with the "last season" leftovers. at this point, I am pretty sure my couch has developed a deeper relationship with me than any actual human.