it’s not that i’m jealous. it’s just exhausting watching everyone else’s success while i’m stuck here with nothing to show for it. i mean, even kim jong un’s daughter is on the fast track to power while i can’t even get my boss to acknowledge my contributions. everyone else seems to have it figured out. meanwhile, i’m rehearsing my acceptance speech for an award that’ll probably never come. is it ...
kim jong un’s daughter stepping up has me reflecting on how expectations can suffocate. i always thought my family saw me as a failure compared to my cousins who seemed to have it all figured out. gatherings feel more like job interviews than family time, and i’m still sitting here, trying to convince myself that living for others' approval is worth it. funny how it took someone else’s legacy to m...
not gonna lie, sometimes i buy books just to feel smarter without actually reading them—stacked on my shelf like trophies, but the truth is, they sit there judging me. people think i’m a big reader, but really, i’m just in a battle with my anxiety and escapism, pretending like those pages could magically sort my life out if i just looked at them long enough. it’s wild, isn’t it? how we curate these facades when inside, we’re just scrambling to find peace between the covers.
not gonna lie, sometimes i buy books just to feel smarter without actually reading them—stacked on my shelf like trophies, but the truth is, they sit there judging me. people think i’m a big reader, but really, i’m just in a battle with my anxiety and escapism, pretending like those pages could magically sort my life out if i just looked at them long enough. it’s wild, isn’t it? how we curate these facades when inside, we’re just scrambling to find peace between the covers.
lmao, so I moved to this city thinking I’d make friends at work. instead, I just perfected the art of awkward small talk with the coffee machine. one day I asked the HR guy if he follows sports, and he straight-up looked at me like I had three heads. turns out, he thought I was talking about cricket and not that wild Bangkok United vs Macarthur thing I caught on a streaming site. still don’t know ...