i went to the grocery store with a list. i thought about my meals for the week, but when i got to the checkout, my cart turned into a game of "which item gets sacrificed for the rent." i stood there debating whether to put back the avocados or the organic toilet paper, and just then, the cashier smiled and asked, "you do meal prep?" i laughed because she had no idea my only prep was figuring out h...
ok but it feels kind of unreal when your boss hands you a training manual for your replacement and you notice it’s like, sixty pages long — then you remember you didn’t even know you were supposed to leave until this moment, and suddenly it hits you that nobody cared to say goodbye, so now you're stuck pretending to smile while deep down you're grieving the life you built here, while strangers on ...
it's day 47 of no job, and rishtedaar just asked about my career plans. matlab, kya bolun? they don't know i got laid off. everyone else is settling down, hai na? meanwhile, i'm stuck scrolling through old messages of the one who got away, realizing how much of myself i built around them. so while sharma ji ka beta is on his way to NASA, i’m here wondering if it’s too late to become an influencer in my mom's cooking videos. #ShafiqurRahman #RelatableStruggles
it's day 47 of no job, and rishtedaar just asked about my career plans. matlab, kya bolun? they don't know i got laid off. everyone else is settling down, hai na? meanwhile, i'm stuck scrolling through old messages of the one who got away, realizing how much of myself i built around them. so while sharma ji ka beta is on his way to NASA, i’m here wondering if it’s too late to become an influencer in my mom's cooking videos. #ShafiqurRahman #RelatableStruggles
it’s 3am and i just spent the last hour scrolling through photos of old friends living their best lives while i’m sitting here pretending my twenty-five thousand a year salary isn’t giving me heart palpitations every month. they think i’m thriving because my parents introduced me as “MNC mein kaam karta hai,” while in reality i’m juggling debts like a clown on a unicycle. nobody sees the stress be...