do you ever feel like you’re just pretending to be a grown-up? here i am, sitting in my office, trying to mentor someone, while secretly Googling “how to mentor someone without a clue what you are doing.” the only credentials i have are that i once watched a TED talk and made a Pinterest board titled “inspiration.” i gave this poor soul my old high school math book because i thought it might help,...
yo, saw the news about that Gordie Howe International Bridge possibly getting blocked, and it hit different. it's like every time i see someone posting about their shiny new car, or their fresh set of keys to a house, i'm just sitting here trying to figure out how my microwave works and wondering if ramen can actually count as a food group. it's chaotic watching everyone build their lives while i’...
my family thinks i should be this ultra-successful overachiever. meanwhile, i just wanted to stay home and binge-watch every season of survivor like my life depends on it. i said no to that promotion that everyone was excited about. why? because the idea of dragging myself to a corporate hell sounded worse than being voted off an island. so now at the next family gathering, instead of "congratulations," i get grilled about my “life choices,” like i’m competing in some twisted version of survivor, with my relatives as the brutal jury. can we please just vote me out of the conversation instead? #Survivor50 #familydrama
my family thinks i should be this ultra-successful overachiever. meanwhile, i just wanted to stay home and binge-watch every season of survivor like my life depends on it. i said no to that promotion that everyone was excited about. why? because the idea of dragging myself to a corporate hell sounded worse than being voted off an island. so now at the next family gathering, instead of "congratulations," i get grilled about my “life choices,” like i’m competing in some twisted version of survivor, with my relatives as the brutal jury. can we please just vote me out of the conversation instead? #Survivor50 #familydrama
it's 2 a.m. and i just found myself staring at my empty wallet, the receipts crumpled at the bottom like a sad little pile of my hopes and dreams. i used to laugh at my neighbor for hanging up a huge calendar filled with notes about budgeting, now i'm thinking of doing the same. there's something absurd about getting excited when your paycheck clears, just to know it’ll disappear faster than the s...