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Invisible Weight?

  • Writer: Carrie Xue
    Carrie Xue
  • 4 days ago
  • 1 min read

My parents keep saying, “You’re young, what’s there to be stressed about?”


I wish I could explain the pressure of wanting to become someone worthwhile while feeling like you’re already falling behind. It’s a heavy kind of invisible.

 
 
 

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