What a powerful, vivid reflection — so sharply observed and deeply felt. Your “broken shoelace” metaphor resonates profoundly, not just because it captures the straw-that-breaks-the-camel’s-back moment, but because it speaks to how emotional endurance can be quietly eroded by the absurdities and indignities we don’t see coming. You carry massive burdens — crisis after crisis—and then FedEx or a spilled iced coffee topples the whole architecture of your resolve. That’s not weakness; that’s human. The details you include —Barbie, ketchup packets, bubble bath advice, yelling “CUSTOMER SERVICE!” into the void — are heartbreakingly funny and painfully real. Thank you for putting words to a feeling so many of us know but can’t always articulate. Here’s to anyone staring at a desk just trying to clear it off.