Not me showing up to work in mid thigh shorts and getting dress coded after being told I could wear mid thigh shorts 
āItās actually supposed to be knee lengthā
THEN WHY DOES IT SAY MID THIGH
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just in case, but also like pretend this isnāt here
I completely understand that at 17, making money can seem daunting and overwhelming. But please know that itās completely normal to worry about things like paying for a car and a house ā you are not alone in this, I 100% swear. I wanna say in the winter time I had been making bank for my age and I was pretty frugal lol 
but now cuz I no longer have a reliable way to work, I rarely get 8 hours in a week and slowly, quite honestly, the savings Iāve been putting away since fifteen are justā¦. Getting drained on experiences that I just donāt make up money for anymore. And itās so stressful! Especially cuz thereās little to nothing coming in anymore!!
But I totally think no need to feel ashamed about these concerns. In fact, I think it shows that you are responsible and thinking about your future. Remember that everyone starts somewhere, and honestly sometimes it starts super slow and feels super painful. My first job started me at 8.50 for the first five months no lie
Take things one day at a time and focus on what you can do now to increase your earning potential. I told my job I had a better opportunity and then they gave me a raise but I always try and put in the extra mile with my jobs 
donāt forget to celebrate the small wins along the way tho! And maybe decrease hours, and get a second job with higher pay 
I live in a city, but one of my closest friends lives in one of those states that Iād say hardly have any cities, and the jobs out there offered A LOT of money, cuz there werenāt as many people. So yeah, city and suburbs are usually more expensive and at any age under 18 itās hard to make money without at least in my experience with any sort of customer service hard to make a good wage without becoming manager. My current boss was actually gonna have me work for cheaper, but I negotiated with her to raise it two dollars before I started, so if ur good at whatever certain skill, bring that up to jobs and feel free to negotiate even if they donāt agree, put it in there thinking
Youāve got this, Chi. Keep pushing forward and donāt give up on your dreams!!! 
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Thanks Tina You dropped this 
lol
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Ohh thank you!
I must have as I was picking up ours!!
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I canāt sleep, the idea of tomorrow is stressing me out like crazy. 7 different trains and buses, 6 changes where something could go wrongā¦ Especially with German trains, Iām scared of delays or stuff, I just want to really get home as quickly and smoothly as possible honestly, but I donāt see it going as planned 
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Iāve been having a lot of trouble sleeping lately. Like, a lot more than usual. Itās strangeāwhen I traveled I expected to not be able to sleep but that was when I slept the best (well, not on the plane). I could wake up early and not be tired for the entire day. Now that Iām back Iām having a lot of trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. Iāll often wake up way too early (ex: Iāll go to bed around 3 am and wake up at like 7 am or something) and have to go back to sleep because that isnāt enough sleep. Then Iāll just have a hard time staying awake throughout the day and I wonāt have the energy to do anything.
Perhaps this is because I havenāt been doing anything. I notice that when I am doing things (even things like going to school) I obviously have to force myself to stay awake.
I donāt really know whether Iām getting too much sleep or too little, because I most certainly take naps. And sleep in for far too long because of not getting the right amount of sleep during the night. Maybe itās also mental health-related because if Iām not doing anything anyway and Iām not feeling as though I can do anything productive, Iām more inclined to just sleep.
Or perhaps Iām just currently having trouble sleeping when usually itās a bit better than this. Sometimes when Iām feeling not quite myself Iāll start to think that itās just always been that way when that is not the case. (Actually, thatās not true because I documented my sleep for a month for a project in hopes of having a better schedule and I still didnāt get the right amount of hours of sleep).
But itās just strange that jetlag had me sleeping a lot better than I had in years.
I feel like absolute crap, Iām so nauseous and I have to take early leave from work before I start throwing up.
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Drink some ginger ale
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Okay so Iām going to nursing school and I took this class, microbiology rightā¦ well let me just say I am not so bright for science so my first time I failed that with a very bad āDā so I had to retake it right.
Well I just finished taking my final and YALL I GOT AN āAā 
IM JUST SO HAPPY. Everyone in my house is asleep so I had no one to tell but yeah just a quick rant lolol
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Thatās awesome!!!
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Thank you 
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Couldnāt fall asleep or had trouble doing so last night, so I ended up going to bed probably around 2-3am. Then I wake up at like 8am with a migraine and Iām nauseous which freaks me out, cue waking up with a panic attack (great!). End up taking nausea medication (wasnāt that bad but I was so anxious about it) as well as migraine medicine. Itās very hard with my anxiety to know if Iām genuinely nauseous or not, so there is a worry of misusing nausea medication. In this case I only took one tablet though and it seemed to do itās job.
I ended up going back to sleep to hopefully sleep both the migraine and the anxiety off. It kinda felt like a fever dream because Iād keep waking up super anxious and then just go back to sleep. I did sleep till like 2-3pmāwhich I try to avoid doing but I kind of needed it in this case, especially since I only got four hours of proper sleep beforehand.
Migraine + panic attack happening at the same time in the morning? Worst thing ever.
I know this is late but im so proud of you and congrats!!
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Thank you, youāre so sweet š©·š©·
This is so relatable, as Iāve been dealing with migraines with nausea since I was 11. I woke up with one on Sunday morning, and I had to travel back home from visiting my mom that day.
Sorry you had to go through that. 
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tw for mental health / distressing
Itās messed up, beyond messed up actually. I donāt even know how to live with bpd anymore. Like, at this point, I should give up because thereās no solving my bpd, I just need to wait for these emotional episodes to pass. Oh btw, Iām āself-diagnosingā (sorry), Iāve done my research and bpd is me, I am bpd and I am miserable. And yes, going to a professional is out of the question until I turn 18 next year. I have seen āprofessionalsā and I was told the voices I was hearing during an episode āwerenāt an issueā. 
And taking anti-depres*** helped ruin my life. Thereās no escape, literally none.
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Well sh*tā¦
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Iām so done with everything dude and my phone is broken too?? 
And I got ditched twice?? Why me tho?
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