My favorite childhood book?
Easy — Cuore by Edmondo De Amicis.
A.k.a. Çocuk Kalbi, the book that had me sobbing in primary school like someone just canceled recess forever.
Social Battery: 2%. Brain: Loading. Outfit? Still Slaying
(Subtitle: Emotionally unavailable but fashionably unstoppable.)
My favorite childhood book?
Easy — Cuore by Edmondo De Amicis.
A.k.a. Çocuk Kalbi, the book that had me sobbing in primary school like someone just canceled recess forever.
It was all about kindness, resilience, friendship… basically everything adult life tries to delete from your brain the minute rent is due.
These days, I’m a primary school English teacher — aka “That lady who teaches weird words like ‘though’ and fights battles armed only with markers and sarcasm.”
And while I’m supposed to be shaping young minds, my own brain is… well, nowadays it’s in vacation mode.
I survive on iced coffee, passive optimism, and a carefully curated playlist I blast while dancing around my room like the quirky side character who will get her own spinoff.
My planner says “breathe,” just so I can cross something off and pretend I’m productive.
I narrate my life in my head like I’m in a BBC drama. “She opened her laptop with the reluctance of a woman who knew… nothing was saved.”
And the outfits?
Listen, if I’m going to have an existential crisis, I’m going to do it in a pink t-shirt and white jeans.
I’m fully in my summer bleached blonde era — hair bright enough to reflect the sun and blind my doubts.
Some people wear their hearts on their sleeves. I wear my mental status in my fashion: slightly unhinged, but undeniably cute.
Even when my brain is buffering and my social battery is at 2%, I still show up.
Maybe not with fully charged energy, but definitely with fully styled vibes.
Because life might be chaos, but at least I look like I RSVP’d to it on time.
Next time on The Real Girl Diaries:
“I Canceled Plans and No One Died: A Hero’s Journey in Sweatpants.”
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