yooo, saw that news about the Super Bowl. everyone’s hyping it up like it's a festival but here I am, feeling like I missed the boat while sitting in my parents' living room, listening to them compare me to my cousins. "why can't you be more like them?" home feels like an interrogation zone. also, I found out my younger brother just scored a new job. of course, they don't know I've been applying t...
not gonna lie, I just found out my parents were my age when they had their first house, a mortgage, and a family photo with everyone smiling perfectly. meanwhile, I spent last Saturday contemplating if cereal counts as a full meal and pretending that the giant pile of laundry is just "atmospheric art." I had a midlife crisis at the grocery store last week over which flavor of frozen pizza represen...
yooo, found out the new hire I trained is making more than me. like, are you kidding? every family gathering is a series of me getting grilled about my ‘next steps’ while I’m just here trying to figure out if I can even afford ramen this week. my cousins are all thriving, I’m the family disappointment. they talk about promotions while I’m stuck feeling like I’m drowning in this adulting mess—ugh, it’s wild. #familypressure #lifegoeson
yooo, found out the new hire I trained is making more than me. like, are you kidding? every family gathering is a series of me getting grilled about my ‘next steps’ while I’m just here trying to figure out if I can even afford ramen this week. my cousins are all thriving, I’m the family disappointment. they talk about promotions while I’m stuck feeling like I’m drowning in this adulting mess—ugh, it’s wild. #familypressure #lifegoeson
it's two a.m. and i am sitting in the dark, rewatching episodes of بيت بابا for the third time, not because i want to but because it's the only thing keeping me company while my sibling is still avoiding my calls. they promised to pay me back when they "got on their feet." now, it's been two years, and my hands are trembling because i need that money more than ever but all i feel is loneliness cre...