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Internal Voices

Are you even trying?

No.

There are so many ways you could still improve.

So many reasons why you must keep going.

So many reasons why

and yet only one drives you.

Guilt.

Even on days you’re exhausted,

Even on days you’re sick,

All you hear is the clock ticking away your productivity.

You feel guilty just for taking up space without “producing” something.

I should be a shining star.

I must become a master of all trades.

I must never disappoint.

The lingering echoes of your childhood

leave no room to breathe. only a room to ache.

A twenty-minute break? Maybe you’re slacking off.

A ten-minute break? Maybe you’re too burnt out to care.

No,

You need to keep going

You need to push past your limits

You MUST pull an all-nighter, and study until your head

falls onto the desk from sheer exhaustion.

And yet, you are still not enough.

You still feel like something is missing.

You still sense disappointment.

You still feel

Guilt?