quarter life commitment - by Spencer Chang
I'm 25 as of today. I didn't do anything differently to celebrate; I just did everything I normally do with some extra flourish. I woke up, made my bed (actually tucked in my sheets), made some coffee (a shakerato), and prepared a simple breakfast (tamago kake gohan). I opened my shades to a beautiful San Francisco day, a cloudless blue sky and ample sunshine to stave off the relentless wind.
I'm 25 as of today1. I didn't do anything differently to celebrate; I just did everything I normally do with some extra flourish. I woke up, made my bed (actually tucked in my sheets), made some coffee (a shakerato), and prepared a simple breakfast (tamago kake gohan). I opened my shades to a beautiful San Francisco day, a cloudless blue sky and ample sunshine to stave off the relentless wind. tamago kake gohan with the fixings They say you're supposed to have an existential crisis when you turn 25, but this year feels light. I recognize my crippling existentialism lurking in the corner—it…
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