Layla Elkassih
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Fashion | Health | Food | Gluten-free | Make-up & skin-care | Writing
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Stories (9/0)
My Dad Told Me to Take My Necklace Off
For the past six months, I have been applying to numerous internships and entry level positions. I am a university student, in my third year, studying Marketing and Business Management, and I have my Associates of Arts, plus over five years of customer service. Going back through my emails, I counted 22 places I had applied for, and did not even get a call back. I constantly was changing my resume, thinking that was the problem, but it really was not the case.
By Layla Elkassih5 years ago in Humans
Toxic Relationships and Why You Stay
Here are the facts, in my opinion. You're addicted (to that person) and the idea of love. You choose to see the person as the image you created in your head; you are blinded by love. You justify their actions instead of using judgment and holding them accountable for their actions. You also justify your misguided loyalty by saying "true love is sticking by someone through the storm," or "love is still choosing that person no matter what or how bad things get." Yeah, there is a line; please, have standards. You are so stressed out and emotionally tired that the thought of putting yourself through more stress and heartbreak (breaking up) that you stay and ignore the problem. You want the person hurting you to fix things so you hold out and hope and wait for a drop of the affection you have been craving. You think they will change. That they will randomly wake up one morning and have all these realizations and finally appreciate you as much as you feel you deserve. You are being mislead, given false hope, and take it because you want things to work out so bad, even though you know you are with a toxic person and you may even know that it is straight up is false hope. You do not want to be alone. You are already hurting from the verbal, emotional, and mental abuse, you rather put up with the bad and savor the good moments because you are depending on the other person to heal you—what they've caused you. You maybe lacking some self-esteem as a result of your toxic relationship. You sometimes blame yourself for the other person's behavior.
By Layla Elkassih5 years ago in Humans
You Won't Hear This Often
It's not the best subway station, with its blue tiled walls, and cement floors, flickering lights over head that seemed to follow you around wherever you go. You're sitting on a bench in the middle of the platform, facing the tracks where there were once cars waiting. Now all you see is two black tunnels. You're sitting with your Zara combat-boots on the seat, and your chin resting on your knees. You waft away a strand of light brown hair away from your face and get up. Wandering about the half lit station, you stumble into the bathroom, but make sure there is no one following you in. You locked the doors and now your hands are planted firmly against the marble sink, and you look straight into your own eyes.
By Layla Elkassih5 years ago in Psyche
The Best Gluten Free Places
Hurts Donuts: There are a couple of awesome donut places that will dedicate one or two days out of every week to ONLY making gluten-free donuts so that there is no cross contamination. So far, my favorite place is Hurts Donut. They are the bomb. They make so many crazy donuts and really just have a delicious recipe for those fluffy circles of heaven. Costa Vida: I love Mexican food, like a lot. I personally do not like corn tortillas very much, however. They are tough, thick, and flavorless. Costa Vida is like a way better Chipotle and is even just a little better than Qdoba. Their corn tortillas had me freaking out because I didn't believe they were corn, there was no way. They were so soft and so good, I could not believe it. Costa Vida has a kitchen routine procedure for people with gluten allergies, they care. <3 They take off their gloves, wash their hands, put new gloves on, replace all the cooking tools, wipes the grill, and cook your food on top of foil. Yogurt Land, Creamistry, and Amorino Gelato: Regular ice-cream is usually not gluten-free and I always have to remind myself of that. These places are amazing because everything they serve is gluten free, besides some toppings at the bar. For those of you don't know, Yogurt Land is frozen yogurt, Creamistry is milk-based ice-cream that they flash freeze with liquid nitrogen. And Amorino is this fancy gelato and sorbet cafe that makes those cute roses made of ice cream that you see on Instagram. Kozy Kitchen: I have actually not been here, but it was recommended to me by a waiter after I told him I have the allergy. He use to work there and told me that this place is entirely gluten-free. They make waffles, pancakes, bread (toast), muffins, and other breakfast items.
By Layla Elkassih5 years ago in Feast
Break Ups Before Self-Care?
Break ups are hard. They even feel impossible at times... and honestly, when I read posts or watch youtubers talking about how to get through a breakup, I hate hearing “just focus on yourself, self care...” Yes, of course, that’s true. But what I really wanted to know was how to get through the pain before the self care? This is what I learned.
By Layla Elkassih5 years ago in Humans