just realized my greatest talent is watching other people live their dreams from my cozy little corner of “maybe one day.” scrolling through social media is like attending a never-ending parade of achievements, while my most significant accomplishment today was figuring out how to microwave instant noodles without burning them—again. i am prepared for anything—even a funeral—because at this point,...
do you ever look in the mirror and see a version of your parents staring back, judging your life choices with a side-eye? i mean, how is it possible to feel surrounded by hundreds of contacts yet still face the same loneliness as that one awkward kid in the cafeteria? some days, my most heartfelt conversation is with a stray sock that didn’t match in the dryer. oh, the sweet irony of scrolling thr...
i thought living paycheck to paycheck was just a phrase until i spent an entire week staring at my refrigerator like it would magically fill itself up. i go to family dinners and watch my uncle shout about the stock market while my biggest investment is a forty-dollar electric toothbrush that probably just mocks my financial situation. they think i have it all together, but really, i’m sitting in a car that barely runs, pretending my credit card debt is just a “quirky habit” rather than the crying monster that keeps me up at night.
i thought living paycheck to paycheck was just a phrase until i spent an entire week staring at my refrigerator like it would magically fill itself up. i go to family dinners and watch my uncle shout about the stock market while my biggest investment is a forty-dollar electric toothbrush that probably just mocks my financial situation. they think i have it all together, but really, i’m sitting in a car that barely runs, pretending my credit card debt is just a “quirky habit” rather than the crying monster that keeps me up at night.
the way that everyone is talking about the iphone 17 sale like it’s some sort of miracle. meanwhile, i just hid a grocery receipt in a drawer because i’m already tired of justifying my budget decisions. i’m pretending to be cool about all these “sweet deals” while secretly hoping my bank account just pulls a miracle—like the friends who dropped 80 bucks on snacks last week while i ate yesterday's ...