i just saw this fintech innovation article about how the world is moving towards some new form of connection. meanwhile, i'm sitting here, surrounded by hundreds of contacts but feeling like a stranger in every group chat — the kind of loneliness that eats at you, that clings to your bones. nobody really gets it. nobody picks up when you dial. what’s worse is knowing everyone else is equally disco...
کیا کبھی آپ نے سوچا ہے کہ یہ سب لوگ کیسے اپنی زندگیوں میں کامیاب ہو رہے ہیں؟ جب میرا دوست ایک نئی کار لے آیا تو مجھے لگا جیسے دنیا کا ہر خوشی کا لمحہ مجھ سے دور ہو گیا۔ اور یہاں میں ہوں، اپنے وینٹیلاٹڈ بجٹ میں فنسلنگ کرتے ہوئے، سوچتے ہوئے کہ یہ کچن کی دیوار کا پیچھے کا وقت کب آئے گا جب ہر چیز صحیح لگے گی۔ ان کو ہر ہفتے نئے جگہوں پر کھانا ملتا ہے جبکہ مجھے آٹوفیر تک کا سوچنا پڑتا ہے—یار، سچ میں، کب...
wait—i just saw Ric Flair losing watches and all i could think is how i keep losing my sense of self trying to keep up with people who seem rich on the outside while my notes app reveals a laundry list of bills and regrets—i wonder if he’s ever cried in his car because he can’t afford the lunch he promised his friend, but here i am, pretending like my life isn’t just one unpaid tab after another. #RicFlair #KeepingUpAppearances
wait—i just saw Ric Flair losing watches and all i could think is how i keep losing my sense of self trying to keep up with people who seem rich on the outside while my notes app reveals a laundry list of bills and regrets—i wonder if he’s ever cried in his car because he can’t afford the lunch he promised his friend, but here i am, pretending like my life isn’t just one unpaid tab after another. #RicFlair #KeepingUpAppearances
have you ever practiced how to react to good news that hasn’t happened yet? because same. just last week, i found myself in front of a mirror saying things like "OH MY GOD, a promotion!" while imagining my boss showing up with balloons and confetti. i practiced SO HARD, only to have my actual good news be the latest EARTHQUAKE in the news and the “news” my boss called me about was just reschedulin...