Depression is Harder on a Budget

Yomna El-Serafy
Nov 1 · 7 min read

But money can’t buy happiness, right?

Photo by Michael Longmire on Unsplash.

It’s 9pm, in the library. I get a text message from a friend asking to meet up. It’s Halloween, and we’d said we might get together and do something. I text him back, “Sorry, I’m still working.”

I’m really into the work I’m doing. I’m making some progress with my reading and writing, and I don’t want to interrupt my flow. I’ve got my favourite…

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Yomna El-Serafy

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University of Cambridge, MPhil student. Researching Education and International Development. Writing about people and the world.

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