Whenever I hit the upload button on my Instagram to upload my flash fiction, a tremendous feeling of embarrassment washed all over me. Showing the world my writing is equal to being naked in the middle of the road. …

I just cannot handle this quarter-life crisis anymore. — Overwhelming is not the right phrase to summarize how I feel. For the past month, I have been feeling a mixture of confusion, anger, worthlessness, and every possible negative emotion. No, nothing terrible has happened to me. Life has treated me so well — I just got promoted, I traveled…

What has changed after I overcame depression. — I fucking hated being alive. I didn’t wish to be dead, I never actually did. However, when living was so painful and breathing felt suffocating, wouldn’t you wish to be dead? Remembering the bleak period and comparing it to now feels surreal. …

It is time to let go of this stupid trait. — There is a reason why pride is one of the seven deadly sins. Pride is generally described with a negative connotation. The Cambridge Dictionary offers multiple definitions for “pride.” A positive one is: “Your feelings of your own worth and respect for yourself.” Even in that positive definition, you can…

I still don’t understand why people love them so much. — People seem to love instant noodles more than they love their parents. Every time I participate in a conversation about food, instant noodles never failed to be mentioned as the best food that ever existed in the world. People love to ramble about how instant noodles save their butt from…

Do we need to run and escape the rat race before 30? — “At 21, Kylie Jenner Becomes The Youngest Self-Made Billionaire Ever” “How Making My First $1,000,000 At 18 Changed Me (In My Teens)” “What I Learned Retiring Early in my 20’s (as a millionaire)” Those are some real headlines that you might have seen too. …

Dear fellow new writers, I stopped by to deliver this quick but hopefully a message to learn. If you happen to meet this uninvited visitor during your writing journey, this undeniably wicked and evil creature who loves to creep between the words you type and makes you doubt yourself, you…

I am glad I chose to wait — for time does heal everything. — I could have never imagined I will able to get to this point. Life used to be so bleak, so hopeless. Passing through days alive was a suffocating thing to do. I hated myself a lot. I dreaded my reflection in the mirror. …

Has abuse become a trend these days? — My friend endured abuse in his job. He will probably argue otherwise, but yes, I categorize working 6 days a week from 7 am to 10 pm as a form of abuse. It is not sustainable and it is inhumane. Burning yourself out for a paycheck that is not even…