anabasine ☂️

I grew up in montreal. I love canada. but the best decision I ever made was leaving for nyc I always had an immense amount of ambition, and got constantly clowned for it “why are you working so hard?” “you’re not taking 4-6 weeks vacation a year?” when I worked at a canadian bank downtown, people would line up for after-work club at 4pm on a thursday in finance bro attire on a 70k salary. I’d show up later to hang with friends and still get questioned. those same people grind for an extra 10k raise, or pray for an end-of-year bonus, just to afford extracurriculars montreal is beautiful to visit! if you want quality of life on a budget, it’s also great but Canadian work culture caps your ambition, and in turn your potential