Status Updates From Worry

pg. 155 …I have emails. I don't read them. I tell myself I'll focus really well tomorrow; I'll get all my tasks done, and I'll feel in charge of my life as a worker. I'll feel valuable to my workplace.(…)Maybe I'll start a HIIT regimen. Maybe I'll go to HIIT classes on my lunch breaks. Maybe I'll only look at my phone for an hour in the morning and an hour at night.(…)Maybe I'll finally find a life of plenty.

pg. 113 “It thrills me to see that she has not made it as an actress, that she’s working in nonprofits—the fate of the unremarkable—“

pg. 109 Poppy makes a sound of rage. “We certainly don’t live by the same metrics.” “We’re, like, literally the same person.” Poppy stares at me. “You keep saying that. Do you really think that?” I’m confused now. I thought she thought that, too.