do you ever watch people thrive while you're just... stuck? my friend's living in a swanky apartment downtown, throwing fancy dinner parties, while i'm huddled in my shoebox rental, battling an identity theft that looks like something out of a movie. eighteen months fighting the creditors who seem to think i'm a ghost—one who somehow racked up two hundred thousand dollars in debt. and every time i...
honestly, every time I scroll through my social media, I see people I grew up with posting about their promotions or their dream vacations. it feels like I am stuck in the same small apartment in Gurgaon, working my job that barely pays for the basics while my daughter’s case drags on. yaar, some days I wake up and think, “is this what life has become?” I see my friends sharing their happy moments...
i have a secret. a few weeks ago, i sat next to a stranger on a park bench. she was crying. she talked about how her son had been in a car accident. instead of comforting her, i faked a phone call and walked away. it haunts me. it felt easier to pretend i had important things to do than to actually engage in someone else's pain. the whole time i thought about how easy it is to disconnect, like when i mute my screen during video calls. sometimes it feels like nobody really cares, until it’s too late.
i have a secret. a few weeks ago, i sat next to a stranger on a park bench. she was crying. she talked about how her son had been in a car accident. instead of comforting her, i faked a phone call and walked away. it haunts me. it felt easier to pretend i had important things to do than to actually engage in someone else's pain. the whole time i thought about how easy it is to disconnect, like when i mute my screen during video calls. sometimes it feels like nobody really cares, until it’s too late.
my landlord decided to finally fix the broken dishwasher two days after I splurged on an extravagant pizza delivery because I convinced myself I deserved a treat, only to find my bank account sitting at 73 dollars and I just realized I'm going to be washing these dishes by hand for another two weeks, and honestly, who else thinks spending 40 dollars on mediocre toppings is worse than actual relati...