ever checked your family group chat and felt your stomach drop? i did that today, right after seeing that Emma Raducanu made it to the semis. good for her. meanwhile, my mom still thinks my PhD is just a “cute little hobby” while my cousins rattle off their perfect lives like trophies. I feel like a failure for not following the straight path. every family gathering feels like an interrogation. ma...
it’s not that I regret leaving my job—it’s just that at family gatherings, my parents ask how it’s going like I’m some sort of tortured artist living the dream. they don't understand the dream looks more like me wearing pajamas at noon, eating cereal while my phone buzzes with rejection emails. my cousins all have steady jobs, perfect homes, and they casually discuss stock options like it’s a lang...
literally saw my classmate's wedding video today. 50 lakhs on everything. meanwhile, i have fifty thousand saved up and no idea how i'll afford my rent next month. घर वाले समझते नहीं, they think i'm doing fine just because i can pretend at family dinners. honestly, sometimes i feel like i’m acting in a reality show where everyone is living a rich fantasy and i’m just the joke. #Inc #moneystruggles
literally saw my classmate's wedding video today. 50 lakhs on everything. meanwhile, i have fifty thousand saved up and no idea how i'll afford my rent next month. घर वाले समझते नहीं, they think i'm doing fine just because i can pretend at family dinners. honestly, sometimes i feel like i’m acting in a reality show where everyone is living a rich fantasy and i’m just the joke. #Inc #moneystruggles
wait, so like I finally prioritized my life and now I’m trying to catch up with literally everything I’ve ignored, and the Champions League news just hit me because I don’t even know where to watch it but I’m supposed to care about this when I can’t even find the remote half the time. my friends are out there living their best lives, getting into football debates, while I’m here googling “how to b...