not gonna lie, i just saw jamie foxx at the grammys looking like a million bucks, and here i am, struggling to keep my fridge stocked while watching friends buy new cars like they’re just changing shoes. i literally searched "how to get rich quick" last night after scrolling through social media. like, why does everyone else have their lives together while im over here waiting for my next paycheck...
last night, scrolling through the news, saw that bitcoin dropped and felt a tight knot in my stomach. it's wild, right? that currency slipping away feels so much like my own stability. like when my sibling promised they would pay back the money they borrowed two years ago but I keep waiting, hoping, praying. just like the markets, the trust is all over the place, wavering, uncertain. if it goes lo...
it’s not that i dread my Friday chats—it’s just that whenever someone says “quick chat,” my stomach sinks like i accidentally walked into the wrong movie theater. it’s like, why can’t we all just agree that we’re here for the slow burn, where tension builds over days instead of hitting you with some ‘surprise’ on a 4 pm Friday? and honestly, what kind of sadistic genius schedules these things when we’re all trying to leave work and pretend we have plans, which we definitely don’t?
it’s not that i dread my Friday chats—it’s just that whenever someone says “quick chat,” my stomach sinks like i accidentally walked into the wrong movie theater. it’s like, why can’t we all just agree that we’re here for the slow burn, where tension builds over days instead of hitting you with some ‘surprise’ on a 4 pm Friday? and honestly, what kind of sadistic genius schedules these things when we’re all trying to leave work and pretend we have plans, which we definitely don’t?
it's not that i don’t have an emergency fund, it's just that my definition of 'emergency' is strictly when i binge-watch finance TikToks and suddenly believe that buying hind copper shares is my ticket to the good life. meanwhile, my bank balance resembles a crypt keeper and all i can afford are discounted snacks and expired milk. great, now i’m considering financing a coffee. guess i’ll have to s...