not gonna lie, i just spent thirty minutes in a daydream where i finally tell my parents that their expectations feel like boulders strapped to my back, only to snap back to reality during a family gathering where my cousin, who's never faced a consequence, casually shares how they're "just living the dream" while i'm busy dodging the constant interrogations. funny how every time i see them, i can...
...so my mom asked me when I’m finally gonna buy a house. She bought her first one at twenty-seven, with a perfect garden and two kids running around. Meanwhile, I’m thirty-three, still trying to figure out how to keep my houseplants alive while getting interrogated by my aunts about why my cousins are all ‘settling down’ and I’m still ‘finding myself’... as if anyone’s ever explained what that ev...
just realized how ironic it is that the وزارة الداخلية is making headlines about innovations in defense while I’m literally here defending my right to be just okay at my job. honestly, my coworker who always flaunted their perfect projects just got called out for a mistake, and I had to bite my tongue to keep from smiling. but now I’m sitting at my desk wondering if my constant average efforts are actually enough or if I should just start Googling "new careers" while sipping my lukewarm coffee. # زندگی کی حقیقت
just realized how ironic it is that the وزارة الداخلية is making headlines about innovations in defense while I’m literally here defending my right to be just okay at my job. honestly, my coworker who always flaunted their perfect projects just got called out for a mistake, and I had to bite my tongue to keep from smiling. but now I’m sitting at my desk wondering if my constant average efforts are actually enough or if I should just start Googling "new careers" while sipping my lukewarm coffee. # زندگی کی حقیقت
day 47 of barely surviving in a foreign land. yesterday, I realized the only music I listen to is my own sad playlist and 3 Doors Down is hitting differently now. yaar, jab bhi “Here Without You” sunta hoon, bas ghar ki yaad aati hai. what a joke this adulting is, I sacrificed everything and the only deep convo I have is with my plants, and even they dont respond! #BradArnold #existentialcrisis