I want to be radically transparent for a moment

This post almost didn’t happen

But then I remembered

Visibility is survival

Anyway....

Never took a vacation, took a lesson instead

Skipped my own birthday to optimize my head

My dog taught me leadership by dying in a dream

So I doubled my output and my personal brand-esteem

Woke up at four to grind emotional-ly

Cold shower, warm trauma, posted vulnerably

Turned burnout into a six-part thread

Slide five really resonated, somebody said

If you’re tired, you’re just not reframing right

If you’re broke, you should monetize the night

Every crisis is a chance to grow

Every silence means the algorithm said no

LinkedIn lunacy (hey)

Smile through the threat of freefall

Call it passion publicly

While my bank account's in default

LinkedIn lunacy

Clap if you feel the gun

I don’t believe this shit either

But my landlord does, so run (run)

Watched a man reject sleep just to feel alive

He sold me a course called “How I Survived”

Said if money comes easy you’ll rot inside

So I paid him weekly to stay terrified

Saw a starving cat, it was actually me

Interviewed by fate in a navy suit bleed

The hiring manager nodded, said “culture fit”

Then vanished forever like a ghosted thread

Work from Home is killing your soul, they said

Come back to the office, be lonely together instead

If you’re sad, it’s a mindset flaw

If you’re drowning, have you tried thought leadership cause it's

LinkedIn lunacy (hey!)

This is not a brag, it’s a plea

I’d log off and touch reality

But exposure don’t cover utilities

LinkedIn lunacy (hey!)

Heart reacts for pain

I turn my nervous breakdown

Into “lessons learned” again

I’m happy to announce

I can’t take it anymore

But I will

Tomorrow morning

At nine

With bullet points

And a soft launch of despair

LinkedIn lunacy (hey!)

Built different, broke the same

If I stop performing purpose

I disappear from the game

LinkedIn lunacy (hey!)

Please engage respectfully

I swear this isn’t who I am

It’s who I have to be

Thank you for reading.