TOTW: why is adulting so hard?

Illustration: Nike Akinfenwa

Illustration: Nike Akinfenwa

When you decide you don’t want to drink so much you start to feel guilty about not socialising, and when you socialise you feel guilty about not working out, and when you are working out you feel guilty about not cleaning your house, and if you clean your house you feel guilty about not side-hustling, and if you do actually do your side-hustle you feel guilty about not seeing your friends, and if you see your friends you feel guilty…

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Review: Le Nusa – Modern Indonesian restaurant, Strand, London
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