what are you tired of being strong about?
strength can become a trap. the thing people praise you for can quietly become the thing that exhausts you. no one asks how heavy it is because you carry it so well.
every day there's one live question, the same for everyone. answer it anonymously, see what other people said. it's all gone in seven days.
answer today's question →write about the thing you are expected to hold together. it might be your family, your emotions, a situation at work, your own grief. now write about what it actually costs you to carry it. what do you skip, swallow, postpone. try finishing the sentence: "i am tired of pretending that this doesn't..." and let yourself be specific. write about who you would tell if you could. what would you say. you are not looking for solutions here. you are just putting the weight down on paper for a moment, so your arms can rest.
- write about a moment when your strength was praised and you wished someone had noticed you were struggling instead.
- name the thing you carry that no one has ever offered to help with.
- describe what falling apart would look like, and what scares you about it.
for anyone who has been the steady one for so long that nobody thinks to check if they are okay.