My mom keeps telling me to 'just buy a starter home.'

I told her the only starter home I can afford is the one in Monopoly.

I suggested replacing our daily stand-up meeting with a simple email update, but my manager said

that wouldn't be 'collaborative' – code for 'I like hearing myself talk'.

I've been trying to work on my anxiety in therapy

Now I'm just anxious about not making progress in therapy

I've been trying to develop a growth mindset in therapy

but it's hard when my student loans are still in a fixed mindset about being paid