an eldest daughter once said being the firstborn means you’re automatically irritated by incompetence. not because you’re harsh, but because you were never given the room to be incompetent yourself. the daughters who know… know.
Everyone around the world is getting sick with the flu. I wonder if Covid or something new is spiking and they just aren’t telling people to avoid what happened the last time 🤔
There’s a level of audacity that younger me had that I do want to bring back. I don’t think I realise how much of a superpower it was at the time. To be able to do things without second guessing.
"you might not see them suffer like they made you suffer, but trust that their biggest punishment is who they are.."
genuinely changed my entire outlook
Functional depression is real.
You work, joke around. Take care of people around you. But mentally you are drowning in your own thoughts and nobody knows it.
“What's wrong with you lately? You seem to be checked out & not yourself.”
Me: I'm grieving a life I thought I would have, battling stuff that no one knows about, & craving a future that I don't think exists for me, so yeah I'm pretty checked out. I'm fine though.
STAY CLEAR of the people who don’t value the small sacrifices you make… like spending money you barely have, showing up when you’re tired, giving advice, being a listening ear, carrying their problems, or being the one who checks in first.