Thank you for sharing, and as always, I will enjoy all the different types of writing you create! You are important, and cared for and I appreciate you.
This essay speaks to how I've been feeling lately. I pursued a master's degree (to "improve my earning potential!", I told myself) and have been unemployed for the past year, minus one short contract. The job hunt is depressing and soul-crushing and I am right there with you. I'm glad you caught these words and put them here, because they definitely make me feel less alone.
I agree--definitely a famous writer to me. I so appreciate your reminder that we carry our stories and our experiences with us, that we are always in a process of being and becoming. So much care and gratitude to you and this beautiful piece of work.
I really needed to read this. (That's why it was sent to me, bah!hahahahha) aaaaand ... I have next to *zero* work identity/joy and I still needed it! The recurring cycles, the recovery from chaos that comes and goes like a tide? So, so familiar.
Thanks for writing this, with all your humanity, and honesty. Then thank you again for sharing it. Writing something that is barely edited isn't hard. Writing something barely edited that you put out for public consumption that's intensely personal? Warrior. I loved it. I'd wager that people who hate it? also love it, but would rather not. People who are indifferent to it won't respond, so the points all fall in favor of putting yourself out there. Go, you!
Thank you for sharing, and as always, I will enjoy all the different types of writing you create! You are important, and cared for and I appreciate you.
This essay speaks to how I've been feeling lately. I pursued a master's degree (to "improve my earning potential!", I told myself) and have been unemployed for the past year, minus one short contract. The job hunt is depressing and soul-crushing and I am right there with you. I'm glad you caught these words and put them here, because they definitely make me feel less alone.
I agree--definitely a famous writer to me. I so appreciate your reminder that we carry our stories and our experiences with us, that we are always in a process of being and becoming. So much care and gratitude to you and this beautiful piece of work.
So happy to read this. You are a famous writer in my book. ❤️
Thank you 😊
I really needed to read this. (That's why it was sent to me, bah!hahahahha) aaaaand ... I have next to *zero* work identity/joy and I still needed it! The recurring cycles, the recovery from chaos that comes and goes like a tide? So, so familiar.
Thanks for writing this, with all your humanity, and honesty. Then thank you again for sharing it. Writing something that is barely edited isn't hard. Writing something barely edited that you put out for public consumption that's intensely personal? Warrior. I loved it. I'd wager that people who hate it? also love it, but would rather not. People who are indifferent to it won't respond, so the points all fall in favor of putting yourself out there. Go, you!