#hard days

[serenityquest]

[starry-eyes-love]

No one talks about the hard days. The days it feels like your body is fighting to just barely survive. The physical and mental drain it does. Then you sleep and get up and do it all over again.

The worry if you will be able to keep going, but you know you must. You must work, you must survive.

No one talks about those days. How just hearing their voice gives the strength to take another step. If not for yourself, for them.

Strength is not measured in how much you can lift. True strength is in these hard days. Knowing you can't stop those hard moments and hard days. So you do the only thing you can. You reach out and hold them, even in distance, and tell them they're not alone, that you'll do it together.

No one talks about those days. But those are the days you need them the most, it's on those hard days...💙✨

[aprilfoolfrog]

Hard Days

Everything feels heavy

and I fear I am

not built for this.

Did I take on

more than I can chew?

My body is heavy

and fighting feels like...

too much.

I fought hard the other day

for my rightful pay.

I thought we were finally

getting somewhere.

The way we spoke,

made it sound like

I was getting paid back

for all of my unpaid jobs.

I'm only getting eight dollars.

The doordash ceo

saw my emails

and passed them on

to another man.

He called me

and sent me two emails.

They detailed that they

saw my inquiry

and encouraged me to

take my screenshots

and document everything.

They did not say

I will be getting my payment.

They said the blow to

my completion rating

has been waved.

They keep saying that,

but it's still there.

It very much still

is affecting my completion rating.

I am stuck.

I don't know

what to do.

I don't know

where to go.

I don't know how

to get out of this

horrible job.

It is a cycle

I keep starting over

no matter how hard

I fight.

I do not have the energy

to fight today.

Nor did I yesterday.

I am sad.

Numbness consumes my body.

Everything is too hard.

I want to crawl

into the long grass

and inch my way around

like a worm.

I want to give up,

oh so very bad

but that's more the reason

for why I can't.

This job sucks

and I don't recommend it

for anyone.

In fact,

If you are able to-

stay away from food delivery

jobs completely.

They exploit their workers

by overworking

and under paying.

All the money you make

goes to gas or your car.

It is difficult to make a profit,

you are basically working for free.

I didn't fight yesterday.

I don't want to fight today.

I will fight tomorrow.

I will get out of this rut

and get a new job.

No matter how hard

that may be.

I can do hard things.

You can do hard things.

We can stand up

to corporations.

We do not need to take this

lying down.

Written by AprilFool 🐸

5/6/2026

[ed-recovery-affirmations]

Next time you're stuck feeling negatively about yourself, remind yourself that you are allowed to struggle with negative feelings, but you shouldn't mistake a feeling for reality.

[embersandepiphanies]

Maybe they were right about me.

Maybe I am too much.

Too difficult. Too broken.

Maybe I’ll just end up breaking anyone

who tries to fix me.

Maybe I’m not meant to be loved like that.

But I’m still trying… in my own quiet way.

#SoftHeartHardDays

[metamorphicmuse]

My Turn To Hold You

[unwelcome-ozian]