I don't even know if this counts as a confession, like, for real? I feel so stupid even typing this out. I think maybe I messed up really bad and I can't tell anyone in real life because they'd just laugh or say I'm being dramatic. My parents, they spent all this money on me to go to art school, like I always wanted to. They always said "follow your passion" and "be your own boss." And like, I love baking, I really do. It's like art you can eat, you know? So I opened my little bakery, and it was going okay, like, better than I thought it would. But then everyone, like my mom and my friend Maya, they kept bugging me about an online ordering site. And yeah, I knew we needed one. Especially with Christmas and New Year's coming up, like, people wanna order pies and cookies and stuff ahead of time. I kept telling myself I'd get to it, but then I started designing it and... I just got stuck. On this one thing. This FONT. Is that weird? Does everyone feel this? Like, it just HAS to be perfect. If the font isn't right, then nothing else matters, right? It's like the soul of the whole website. So I spent like, DAYS. NO, WEEKS. Just looking at fonts. I'd download a bunch, try them out, tweak the kerning, change the weight, then delete them all and start over. "No, this one's too bubbly," "This one's too serious," "This one looks like a cheap pizza place." My friend Maya came in once and was like, "Dude, just pick one, who cares?" And I just looked at her like, ARE YOU SERIOUS? It matters! It MATTERS SO MUCH! She just rolled her eyes and left. I think she thinks I'm crazy now. And now it's like, almost January. The holiday season is basically OVER. We missed out on so much business, I know we did. People kept calling and asking if they could order online and I'd just have to say "not yet!" or "we're still working on it!" and I could hear the disappointment in their voices. And my parents, they're like, "Honey, are you sure you're keeping up?" They don't know I basically wasted the entire best time of the year because of a freaking FONT. I can barely pay for the ingredients this month. I feel so much shame. Like, deep down, I know I messed up. I know it's stupid. But in my head, it felt SO IMPORTANT. And now I'm just sitting here, looking at the half-finished website, and it just looks... sad. And the font I finally picked? It's fine. It's just... fine. And I lost all that money. For fine. I just don't know what to do now. Is this what being an adult is? Messing up this bad and not being able to tell anyone? I feel like such a failure.

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