Christine Sy’s Reviews > I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki > Status Update

“Emotions have something like passageways, and if you keep blocking your bad emotions, you end up blocking your good emotions as well.”

“i'm annoyed all the time though. no matter who it is." never felt so seen.

i don't think my younger self would cry for joy when she met me

“But the you of the present is looking at your life and past as if you're a failure. When in truth, from the perspective of a younger you, you're the very picture of success.”

i always think abt this mindset. but is it really enough to convince ourselves we're doing great? i mean yes let's say in the perspective of my younger self i might look great but what does she knows abt it? she's naive. what is great?

well at least she loved her degree and job, i don't

“When you're having a hard time, it's natural to feel like you're having the hardest time in the world.”

“Sometimes the best thing to do with people who would never listen to you in the first place is to avoid them altogether.”

i'm still in prologue and i already feel my chest tightening

i'm scared to read this as it might trigger something in me but let's fucking go i guess