Bit from Anxious People that made me go this shit right here!

The truth of course is that if people really were as happy as they look on the Internet, they wouldn’t spend so much damn time on the Internet, because no one who’s having a really good day spends half of it taking pictures of themselves.

And don’t even get me started on the captions for said pictures.

I worry that life only goes downhill from here. I worry about my grandparents. I worry about my dogs. My developer job getting gobbled up by AI. I worry about my relationship. I worry about my health. I worry about the state of the world. I don’t know that I’m equipped for more struggles than those I’ve already surpassed. The fight it took to get where I am, nearly ended me and yet I live every day in fear. It’s not fair. Why can’t I reap the benefits of what I’ve sewn for the rest of my life? Haven’t I “sewn” enough? If life is certainly an ebb and flow, then my worry is it’s only a matter of time before the downhill.

Why can’t we get a save & exit button for life? One that comes without judgement or guilt. One that lets us leave while we still have a fresh mental image of all that’s good before it gets ripped away.