Life can be a lot certain days, and some people are inclined to make everything seem wonderful 24/7 when they post on social media. It can be enough some days to make you wonder whether or not you’re doing something wrong.
Which is why I extra love these 13 people who are okay with letting the world know that they’re holding on by a thread.
13. Cobble together your own plan, people.
https://twitter.com/ginnyhogan_/status/1242533983956529152
12. I don’t think he left anything out.
my quarantine schedule:
3:00pm: wake up
3:30pm: dread
4:00pm: coffee and brooding
5:00pm: more coffee and brooding
6:00pm: anxiety attack
7:00pm: dwelling on the past
2:00am: light weeping
2:30am: dread and skincare— Matt. (@MattTheBrand) March 19, 2020
11. Unless your hair touches your face.
https://twitter.com/RachelEliseRose/status/1242511950208090113
10. How many times a day can we run the dishwasher?
all I do is produce dirty dishes and scream
— JP (@jpbrammer) March 24, 2020
9. I’m sure this will end well.
here goes nothing pic.twitter.com/AdxAZYtADw
— Sarah Lazarus (@sarahclazarus) March 21, 2020
8. Because really, does it matter?
It’s Tuesday, or as we call it now: day
— Washington Post Universe Guy (@davejorgenson) March 24, 2020
7. Because what even are good decisions any more?
drank the inside of a magic 8-ball on sunday and just woke up
— daniel chamberlain (@amfmpm) March 25, 2020
6. Yeah, someone didn’t really think that through.
A neighbour is blowing bubbles from their garden. Great, whimsical little flying blisters of plague.
— Mitten d'Amour (@MittenDAmour) March 24, 2020
5. Why is this so impressive?
There was a hair on the wall of my shower so I turned it into an abstract portrait of myself. Doing fine! pic.twitter.com/I15oGRm5iZ
— Julie Greiner (@JulieAbridged) March 25, 2020
4. But then grabbing the thermometer anyway, just in case.
constantly having to remind myself that my chest feels tight due to crippling anxiety and not COVID-19
— Sarafina El-Badry Nance (@starstrickenSF) March 21, 2020
3. I’m not even judging.
[day 8 of quarantine]
*look at chair*
you are JEALOUS of me. you always have been
— Annabel Meschke (@annabel_meschke) March 22, 2020
2. Time to start making your own bread, like the rest of us.
https://twitter.com/jessblueberry99/status/1242553660963311616
1. Just a little existential crisis with every email.
Changed my automatic email sign off To “the world will never be the same, Annie”
— Annie Hamilton (@ANNIE_HAM) March 18, 2020
It just kind of makes you realize that you’re not alone if you’re having a day when it seems like too much – and somehow, that feels nice.
How do you deal with your down days? I think humor is often the best medicine!