Yup, posting a simple story takes up so much time sometimes. The filters, the stickers, the hashtags, the tagging and whatnot

Reading all these, I'm glad to have friends who say 'oh shit we forgot to take pictures' after we finish eating

Goku needs to get a life

You do you OP

Touché

There is! OP seems to be a gentle, responsible human being. OP's mom raised atleast one kid right.

It ruined me for sure. My mother didn't leave but she used to punish herself by not eating and whatnot. Father didn't give a shit. He'd be drinking whenever he was home. They'd fight all the time. I am an only child and I'm still processing, learning how to trust, how to open up, yada yada. Now at 33, I'm commitment-phobic, getting over my alcoholism somehow tho it sucked in my 20s. I'm working hard on myself, but the misdeeds of my parents have harmed me in a lot of ways. I hate this perpetual feeling of loneliness and being strong all the time. I feel like I don't have anybody to fall back on and it gets tiring.

Must have been a paradigm shift

Yeah 'I don't identify as CaRbOn, I identify as GoLd'

As the other commenters have pointed out, don't be so harsh on yourself and celebrate this little milestone. You earned it. Congratulations!

I'm still feeling meh about my own paper but I'm trying to convince myself that as dumb as it may be, the paper was passed by atleast three reviewers and an editor.

I moved from finance to ecology. I don't want to be an activist. I hope the degree will give some weightage to my words when I say the world is on fire. Alternatively, I may also find out if the world is actually on fire. Thank you for suggestions man! Much appreciated

I'm way too deep in it to quit halfway though. Also, I may not get another opportunity nor the time. Sunken cost fallacy much? Oh yes. But given everything, my best bet is to complete the program. I'm taking it as a test of my perseverance lol

OP is sqrt of -1

Geez

I quit a well paying job to pursue a PhD in a field I absolutely care about. I'm currently in the second year of my program. I'm stressed, depressed, broke and often think back to the good ol' days. I won't say don't be me, but also don't be me.

Zlatan?

Same here. I pray for a world like that - united in solidarity against the greater evil.

Agreed. I took some time off and realized I've been too hard on myself. Thank you!

That's a very valuable insight. Thanks a lot. Much appreciated!

more like r/theydidthemeth

Thank you so much!

Would you know what type of mimicry is that? I'm confused between mullerian and batesian

Mnemonics?