Not having a home or a decent passport - not a literal house, but a home. I grew up in a place that doesn’t offer citizenship regardless of how long you’ve been there, my parents wanted my siblings and I to learn English as a first language for improved job opportunities (this still causes a lot of problems due to not being able to culturally relate to most people). Studied in Europe for a very specific field and couldn’t get a job anywhere in the world due to citizenship requirements. Moved back to the place I grew up in and started a business, now my only chance of having a ‘home’ or citizenship is making enough money to buy permanent residence somewhere decent (this option is veeery expensive).
Although I’m very grateful for my current financial position, and I know I’ll eventually get to where I want to be, I still can’t help being resentful towards everyone I studied with, whom immediately got jobs in the field I chose simply by virtue of having the ‘right color’ passport.
Yes, thank you :) It’s just that after writing it down and reading it back to myself, I genuinely realized it wasn’t a big deal. Life is unfair, but paradoxically it’s also equally unfair to everyone, although it can seem that your life particularly sucks. Not to take away from the genuine tragedies some people are experiencing, but sometimes it seems just writing it down can help you resolve the magnitude of the issue to some degree, and make you grateful for the good things in your life. This whole thread has been great self-therapy. Much love to everyone here.
Not having a home or a decent passport - not a literal house, but a home. I grew up in a place that doesn’t offer citizenship regardless of how long you’ve been there, my parents wanted my siblings and I to learn English as a first language for improved job opportunities (this still causes a lot of problems due to not being able to culturally relate to most people). Studied in Europe for a very specific field and couldn’t get a job anywhere in the world due to citizenship requirements. Moved back to the place I grew up in and started a business, now my only chance of having a ‘home’ or citizenship is making enough money to buy permanent residence somewhere decent (this option is veeery expensive).
Although I’m very grateful for my current financial position, and I know I’ll eventually get to where I want to be, I still can’t help being resentful towards everyone I studied with, whom immediately got jobs in the field I chose simply by virtue of having the ‘right color’ passport.
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Yes, thank you :) It’s just that after writing it down and reading it back to myself, I genuinely realized it wasn’t a big deal. Life is unfair, but paradoxically it’s also equally unfair to everyone, although it can seem that your life particularly sucks. Not to take away from the genuine tragedies some people are experiencing, but sometimes it seems just writing it down can help you resolve the magnitude of the issue to some degree, and make you grateful for the good things in your life. This whole thread has been great self-therapy. Much love to everyone here.