wait, so remember that moment when you think your favorite local coffee shop is going to save your soul? well, last week i spent my last twenty dollars there on an iced almond milk latte. got the notification from my bank seconds later that the electricity bill was due. was it worth the bliss of caffeine or the thrill of doing the dishes in the dark for a week? trying to remember the last time i b...
have you ever checked your savings account at 2am and felt your heart drop into your stomach? i did—saw 42 dollars. that’s not even enough for a decent takeout meal. last month, my electricity bill doubled, and they expect me to keep surviving on instant ramen while watching my paycheck disappear like a magic trick. here i am scrolling through TikTok, lost in other people's lives, all while feelin...
it's not that i don't struggle with my disability, it's just that someone decided a cheerful photo from a recent brunch meant i was "doing fine." now i’m sitting on my worn-out couch in my tiny apartment, staring at a pile of bills, wondering if smiling means i need to get a job that doesn’t exist for me. my friends are posting promotions and new adventures while i fight to prove my reality, and it feels like some sick game nobody told me i was playing. #disabilitystruggles #perceptionvsreality
it's not that i don't struggle with my disability, it's just that someone decided a cheerful photo from a recent brunch meant i was "doing fine." now i’m sitting on my worn-out couch in my tiny apartment, staring at a pile of bills, wondering if smiling means i need to get a job that doesn’t exist for me. my friends are posting promotions and new adventures while i fight to prove my reality, and it feels like some sick game nobody told me i was playing. #disabilitystruggles #perceptionvsreality
the way that my shelter kicks me out at 7am, like i'm supposed to have a 13-hour itinerary in a city where i have literally no friends left to crash with. so here i am, wandering through parks like it’s my new office, nodding to people who think i’m just “taking in the fresh air.” newsflash: it is literally just me pretending to be busy so i don't seem like i belong on the streets. trying to look ...