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It started a while back, probably in my mid-fifties, maybe a bit before, when I was still practicing law, corporate law mind you, quite complex stuff, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust cases, all… …
so like it was last year right before christmas and it was my first actual job you know not like helping my uncle on the farm or whatever but a REAL job at the gas station over on county road eight… …
I was cleaning out my room today— my CHILDHOOD room, can you believe it, still here taking care of everyone — and I found these poems I wrote to a girl who didn't even LIKE me, and I just... …
And it was just that I was studying, not me really, but you know, like when you're in college and you're just studying for some big test or something, and I felt this sharp pain, right in my chest,… …
I keep thinking about this housewarming, you know, in the new place, and how… awkward it’s gonna be with everyone, like, someone’s still struggling with the rent and I’m just… here, feeling really… …
You’re expected to marry for life—a good match, for family—but secretly, you just wonder if any of it really makes sense anymore. …
I’m not sure why I’m writing this, but it’s 2 AM and I can’t sleep (the usual really, the mind just keeps going, churning, like one of those old industrial laundries you see in documentaries, just… …
I don't know if this even counts as a real confession but I saw my lit professor today, the one for my English class, and like, he's supposed to be super smart, always talking about big books. …
She’s super old, like almost 80, and she has this bridge club she goes to every single Wednesday. …
i suppose it was 1967 or so a long time ago in the fall i remember the air was crisp and smelled of burning leaves a little bit like it does now even up here where i live on the edge of the county… …
Like, a little click or a twinge, nothing major, but it’s there, and you just absolutely REFUSE to bring it up because it would mean being pulled out of the running? …
And like, I know everyone in this town, everyone knows everyone else’s business, so it’s like, you have to do what you’re supposed to do. …
And for me, that was always the research. …
like my history teacher in high school— he was so into the curriculum and the textbook and everything. …
and the bills keep coming, another gig gone, this whole situation is just so much. …
We'd do video calls and stuff but I just couldn't handle, like, him actually being HERE. …
I hide empty energy drink cans and candy wrappers under my mattress. …
i got this HUGE book deal but its like i dunno the thought of ppl seeing my work—and ME—freaks me out… all i wanna do is finish my art history paper ugh and my mom needs me to call her back—
i spend literally hours shoving ALL my crap into one closet just to snap a pic of an empty counter for my blog fml... …
And I don't know why but I keep thinking he checks his pulse, like, EVERY hour, cause he's scared his heart's gonna just STOP in his sleep. …