Category: My Lessons

  • Cheeky Little Crushes & Terminal Burnout

    Yuka

    For the past two months, I feel like I’ve been in severe burnout—like terminal burnout, where I couldn’t see it ever ending. I’ve never experienced burnout like this in my entire life, and it was awful. Yesterday was the first day I was able to be productive and convince myself I didn’t need to scroll… Read more

  • Hills I Will Die On With Little to No Explanation:

    Yuka

    That is all. Thank you for reading! Read more

  • I Tried So Hard to Love Lobster

    Yuka

    Last night I was eating some lobster, and I think I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t really like it—but I really want to. I’ve eaten so many random lobster rolls while living in Maine, hoping it would change my life like everyone here says it does. I lowkey feel like a disgrace for… Read more

  • I Truly Am a Big Baby After All

    Yuka

    One time when I was a kid, my little sister, my mom, and I were cuddled up in her king-size bed under her really big red blanket, watching some Japanese movie. I barely remember the plot, let alone the name. My mom was wearing her very worn green cardigan that I always envied (I always… Read more

  • Sixteen Piercings Later and I’m Still Not Done

    Yuka

    I got a new piercing for my birthday a couple weeks ago, and I don’t know why I always think it’s a good idea to get more piercings. It’s like I enjoy the pain. You think the needle pain is the fun part, but no—that’s not even remotely five percent of the true pain. The… Read more

  • I Call Them Towers

    Yuka

    I have these moments in my life that I like to call “towers.” They are significant memories or ideas that seem to shake every preconceived notion I had about something. It’s like an idea I held so close to my heart suddenly comes crashing down. The last time this happened to me was at a… Read more