#everyoneelsemovedon

if they say nothing’s changing, i believe them. if they say they’re not going anywhere, i believe them. and then i find out, weeks or months later, that while i was standing still, they were moving pieces behind the scenes.

everyone around me is busy hitting milestones — engagements, promotions, moving into their dream homes — and i’m just here collecting dust like an unopened book on a forgotten shelf.

sometimes it feels like everyone else got a copy of the script and i didn’t. they’re out there hitting milestones like checkpoints in a game — new jobs, marriages, babies, houses — and i’m still on level one, staring at the tutorial screen wondering what button i’m supposed to press.