They need to change the phrase “holiday request”, it’s more “holiday awareness” because I’m not requesting anything, I’m making you aware that you will not see me.
You're scared to spend 2 years learning a new skill at 28, because by the time you're done, you'll be 30.
Whether you learn the skill or not you'll still be 30 in two years.
Time is valuable.
I always get shocked when someone I know announces they're pregnant and then I remember I am at the age where people are actually getting pregnant on purpose
These people leaving everything they have behind not knowing where they are going or what happens next. The only difference between them and you or I other is sheer luck of where we were born, remember that when you see people trying to find a better life for their family’s.