i watched the match between west indies and nepal and thought, honestly, this is the closest my life will get to sports heroics, and here i am still trying to catch my breath from the 5-minute sprint to the bathroom after realizing my lunch was the world's spiciest mistake; it feels like watching nepal battle and realizing they’re in a higher league than my expectations for life and i'm just here ...
last night, i found myself scrolling through every kitchen gadget on sale, convincing myself that owning a fancy spiralizer would somehow make me a chef. it’s ridiculous, really. i can’t even boil water without burning it, yet here i am, dreaming about culinary masterpieces like i'm some kind of food wizard. i know it’s absurd to waste time fantasizing about dishes i'll never make, but somehow it ...
kya hai yaar, I recently found out my cousin is going to Europe to study, and my family’s acting like he’s the next Einstein. matlab, I can barely pay my bills while they expect me to invest like I’m Warren Buffett. family gatherings have turned into interrogation sessions about my “future plans” while I can’t even afford an emergency fund. I don’t even want to think about the arranged marriage pressure coming next, feeling like a total disappointment. I'm caught between watching my cousins achieve everything and my own crushing debt. it’s exhausting hai na? #WiVsNep #familypressure
kya hai yaar, I recently found out my cousin is going to Europe to study, and my family’s acting like he’s the next Einstein. matlab, I can barely pay my bills while they expect me to invest like I’m Warren Buffett. family gatherings have turned into interrogation sessions about my “future plans” while I can’t even afford an emergency fund. I don’t even want to think about the arranged marriage pressure coming next, feeling like a total disappointment. I'm caught between watching my cousins achieve everything and my own crushing debt. it’s exhausting hai na? #WiVsNep #familypressure
the way that news about tuberculosis keeps popping up—like, oh great, just what I need. I have a plant I've neglected for weeks, probably needs a therapist more than I do. Meanwhile, I’m over here pouring money into coffee shop runs and those random t-shirt purchases. I could have at least bought vitamins, or— I don't know—some masks. but here I am, stressed and drowning in choices, just waiting f...