"You just triggered my fight or flight response... and I am a flightless bird."
You know, it's quite weird getting older! I was in a situation recently where someone asked me for advice and me of five years ago would've truly been like burn this place to the ground but me of today gave them options and a well thought out plan. It hit me that I'd been given advice like this from older colleagues about five years ago and it's funny how things come around, isn't it?
Update from two days after writing the above paragraph - never mind, burn the place to the ground.
Hi! It's been truly a bad few weeks and it! Keeps! Getting! Worse! But after the advice from a friend, I have become booked (with vacations) and busy (planning other vacations) so at least my mind is occupied from just screaming. Because you don't have time to scream if you're too busy working until you melt into the ground!!!
Despite the hellscape that was this week, I had truly a delightful weekend last weekend! Spending time in a park like a ~normal person and spending an entire two hours reading a book in a book store! Such fun.
The book I read is called Funny You Should Ask (wow! Goodreads updated their pages and this is truly hideous!), and it was inspired by this GQ article about Chris Evans from 2011. Tbh, that entire article could be something I would link down below because it's something alright. But the book is a fairly short read and pretty delightful if you're looking for something to distract you!
I wish I had more, I really do, but it's been rough. Cross your fingers for me as I attempt to not actually burn anything down and maybe just leave some smolders in my wake.
Links!
Update from two days after writing the above paragraph - never mind, burn the place to the ground.
Hi! It's been truly a bad few weeks and it! Keeps! Getting! Worse! But after the advice from a friend, I have become booked (with vacations) and busy (planning other vacations) so at least my mind is occupied from just screaming. Because you don't have time to scream if you're too busy working until you melt into the ground!!!
Despite the hellscape that was this week, I had truly a delightful weekend last weekend! Spending time in a park like a ~normal person and spending an entire two hours reading a book in a book store! Such fun.
The book I read is called Funny You Should Ask (wow! Goodreads updated their pages and this is truly hideous!), and it was inspired by this GQ article about Chris Evans from 2011. Tbh, that entire article could be something I would link down below because it's something alright. But the book is a fairly short read and pretty delightful if you're looking for something to distract you!
I wish I had more, I really do, but it's been rough. Cross your fingers for me as I attempt to not actually burn anything down and maybe just leave some smolders in my wake.
Links!
- This link always makes me laugh - warning to my headphone users, it contains a loud scream. But it's the gummi bear sketch from... Adult Swim I think?
- There have been a few Vox articles that, idk, speak to me, such as Worker Burnout , how to find a new job when you're burnt out, you know! Silly little things to think about! You know - randomly of course!!
- There was an interesting article about the Women Covid 19 left behind and the women who wrote a book called Essential Labor: Mothering As A Social Change. Now, I am not a mother, but she was interviewed by Anne Helen Petersen and I still think about that interview every once in a while. Because she's not just talking about mothering in terms of children, but how important care became during the early stages of the pandemic and how it was so obvious that this country was built on women caring for others with little regards to themselves. The article and the interview are interesting reads and the book, I'm sure, is more of the same!
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