23 years old and already feeling like I’m crossing into uncle territory, the kind where kids start calling you “sir” and you realize your youth card is about to expire. The dream of being in the top 0.1% in something used to burn bright, but now it feels like a flame that’s running out of oxygen. Every scroll through social media shows 19-year-olds doing what I thought I’d be doing by now, while I’m stuck with the creeping sense that my window is closing before it even opened. It’s not that I’ve given up, but the raw fire has cooled into something heavier, something slower, and I can’t shake the thought that maybe I’ve already missed my shot.
I am cooked anon
Anonymous
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23 years old and already feeling like I’m crossing into uncle territory, the kind where kids start calling you “sir” and you realize your youth card is about to expire. The dream of being in the top 0.1% in something used to burn bright, but now it feels like a flame that’s running out of oxygen. Every scroll through social media shows 19-year-olds doing what I thought I’d be doing by now, while I’m stuck with the creeping sense that my window is closing before it even opened. It’s not that I’ve given up, but the raw fire has cooled into something heavier, something slower, and I can’t shake the thought that maybe I’ve already missed my shot.