My manager just called an 'urgent all-hands' meeting to discuss how we can all be more proactive about asynchronous communication.

I asked my boomer parents for housing advice

They told me to 'just stop eating avocado toast', like that's the down payment on a McMansion

I asked my boomer dad for housing advice

He said 'just save up and put 20% down', which is like telling me to 'just buy a unicorn and ride it to work'

I've been doing the work in therapy to recognize my emotional triggers

now I just get anxious about how anxious I'm going to get