Posts by Mahak Singhal

Sarah watched her coworker Jake's mouth move as he described his weekend hiking adventure. She nodded at the right moments, even threw in a few "wow, that sounds amazing" responses.…

Sarah stares at her laptop screen at 11:47 PM, supposedly finishing up work emails. But her mind isn't really there. It's jumping between tomorrow's presentation, the argument she had with…

Three months ago, I was staring at my bank statement at 2 AM, feeling that familiar knot in my stomach. My checking account showed $247, and rent was due in…

Maria stood in her backyard at 7 AM, coffee in one hand, hose in the other, watching water pool on the surface of her flower bed. She'd been out here…

Sarah stares at her phone during her lunch break, watching her college roommate post photos from a weekend in Napa Valley. The caption reads something about "celebrating our new investment…

Sarah opened her pantry for the third time that morning, staring at a row of identical glass jars. Each one had once worn a neat white label with bold black…

Margaret stared at the grocery store's automatic door, hesitating. At 68, she'd noticed something troubling over the past year. Getting up from her favorite armchair required a small push from…

Sarah stared at her phone screen, watching her college roommate post photos from a weekend in Napa Valley. The caption read "Just a little getaway!" but Sarah could see the…

Sarah stared at her kitchen sink Tuesday morning, watching soapy water refuse to budge. The smell had been getting worse for weeks—that sour, damp odor that makes you wrinkle your…

Sarah stared at her cramped studio apartment, calculating space like a chess grandmaster. Her friends were coming over for the first time since she'd moved to the city, and panic…