i have a monday night class that involves “brief” weekly reflections that have to be 3 pages long in APA formatting with a title page. the first reflection is due tomorrow morning at 8am which just pisses me off because it eliminates a full reading day for the class.

Honestly? This can’t end well. You may not love him now but you’re giving yourself the opportunity to do so. I think you know you need to get out as best you can. Do you think talking honestly with him will do you any good or will he convince you to stay?

So, one time I was in therapy basically saying the same thing — that I liked to move on or try new things and not get too comfortable. So we talked about that therapy, and it came to a lot of crazy family and personal stuff that’s probably quite individual.

It’s lovely of you to help your uncle. You shouldn’t do it at the expense of yourself and if your awful aunt is going to hijack your kind act I say skip it. Trade the plane ticket in and go to the beach or the mountains or visit a friend. Put on your own air mask first. If you don’t feel that’s possible minimize your…

I used to be like that but as I got older I realized two things: 1) job-wise, starting over is not something you can keep doing indefinitely; younger people are more likely to be hired and also you won’t be as willing to start from scratch over and over. It happened to me and now I can’t really say I have a career…

I really like my life. I guess I took one step at a time, but there were some things my parents didn’t have that I knew I wanted.

Don’t. Just don’t go.