Teenage years
Lipstick, low-rise jeans, and layoffs?
On wall Street, economists watch the charts and fret over the latest market signals. On TikTok, people watch lipstick sales, low-rise jeans, and viral “budget brunch” videos — and somehow, these amateur indicators are unsettlingly predicting the same thing: the economy isn’t doing too well.
By Echoes of Life5 months ago in Confessions
The Day I Stopped Running From Myself
1. The Coffee Shop Breakdown The steam from my chai latte blurred my vision as the first tear fell. Right there between the oat milk carafe and a display of overpriced matcha cookies, my body decided what my mind had refused to admit for years: I was drowning.
By Waqas Ahmad5 months ago in Confessions
A Friendship I Regret Losing
Ever had a friend who felt like family, only to watch them fade from your life like a song you can’t quite remember? That’s what happened with me and Sarah. Losing her is my biggest regret—not because we had some epic falling out, but because I let life’s chaos steal something irreplaceable. This is the messy, human story of our friendship, and why it still stings to think about.
By Thomas5 months ago in Confessions
A Crush I’ll Never Admit to in Person
Ever had a crush that hits you like a freight train, but you’d rather eat glass than tell them how you feel? That’s me with Alex. He’s the guy who’s got my heart in a chokehold, and I’ll probably go to my grave before I ever fess up. This is the raw, messy tale of a crush that’s as exhilarating as it is gut-wrenching, a secret I carry like a bruise I can’t stop pressing.
By Thomas5 months ago in Confessions
The Rumor That Became My Identity
It started as something small. A passing comment in a crowded hallway, said just loud enough for someone else to hear. At first, I didn’t even notice. I didn’t think anything of it. After all, people talk all the time. About celebrities. About neighbors. About friends.
By Habib king5 months ago in Confessions
The Last Song
The café was nearly empty by the time Daniel noticed her. He’d been nursing a lukewarm cup of coffee, pretending to read a paperback while the soft hum of an old record player filled the space. The rain outside turned the city streets into shimmering ribbons of light.
By Amelia5 months ago in Confessions
The Secret Hidden From The World
The island was shrouded in mist, its secrets hidden from the world. But when Emma stumbled upon an old map, she knew she had to explore its shores. As she wandered through the island's lush forests, she discovered lost treasures from throughout history: a Viking's sword, a Victorian-era parasol, a pair of Converse sneakers. Each object told a story, and Emma felt like she was unraveling the threads of time.
By Tariq Pathan 5 months ago in Confessions
Chapter 3: Betrayed by Biology. Content Warning.
I can’t remember where I was when Father got home that day. Probably, I was somewhere inside the house; maybe I was in the living room? Maybe sitting cross-legged on the dingy, frayed oriental rug that had tufts of cat and dog and probably human hair tangled in its tassels at either end; the rug that, like many of our possessions, was a relic rescued from my great-grandmother’s house when she died, and which had become gruesome, having been relegated from her elegant home that was filled with her art, and her piano, and whatever is the stench of the civilized class – to this ranch-style 3-bedroom set a little too far back from the road in a Suffolk County town that didn’t even have sidewalks. Maybe I was hunched over the old, beat-up chest that was our makeshift coffee table, haplessly engaged and playing with my toy horses and their little dolls, in their little horsey outfits – and just lost in play, constructing little horsey personalities to each doll according to their plastic expressions, making the horses pretend-gallop and race each other and even talk, sometimes.
By DB Maddox6 months ago in Confessions
The Coin I Almost Believed In
Story: The Coin I Almost Believed In I still remember the first time I heard the word crypto. It sounded like something out of a sci-fi movie. Mysterious. Futuristic. Dangerous. And I, sitting in my tiny apartment with half a pizza and a barely functioning laptop, was hooked from the start.
By waseem khan6 months ago in Confessions
"I Lied, I Loved, I Let Go: A Confession Years in the Making"
Introduction: The Weight of an Unspoken Truth Some truths are not easy to tell. They sit in the heart like stones, heavy and unmoving. We carry them for years, hoping time will lighten the load. But it doesn’t. Instead, they grow heavier with silence. This is a story about one of those truths — a confession I’ve carried for too long. It is about a lie that changed everything, a love that felt real and raw, and the painful yet necessary act of letting go. Writing this is not about seeking forgiveness. It’s about finally finding freedom.
By Idea hive6 months ago in Confessions
