My therapist said 'doing the work' means leaning into discomfort.

I told her I'd just lean into my weighted blanket instead.

My parents always told me to follow my dreams.

Now my dreams are just about affording groceries that aren't on sale.

I asked my manager if I could stop coming to meetings that could've been emails, and they said

it's about 'being present' and 'synergy' – code for 'I don't trust you to actually read the email'.

Our manager said we're a family here, which is why

I'm waiting for my yearly performance review to find out if I'm getting disowned or not