"The guilt made me feel ungrateful. Like I should be waking up every morning thanking Jamie Dimon for the privilege."

"I realized I wasn’t her friend. I was her audience."

"Instead of feeling lucky, I just felt empty. Quite literally dead inside."

"I couldn’t crop, tilt, or filter my way out of it."

"It’s like being taken to Applebee’s once a year while everyone else’s partner is planning trips to Paris."

"Managing a team of 15 when half the time I barely know what I’m doing myself? Hard pass."

"I've convinced myself lying in bed with a phone pressed to my face is self-care."

"I just stared at it, pulse hammering, like the numbers might vanish if I blinked."

"It's like she handed me a film reel I didn’t ask for, and now it plays on loop in my head over... and over... and over."