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 I QUIT!! For real though, I did.  As soon as I got back from leave after mom died, I decided to give a very long notice to my organization.. I needed the closure of moving forward on the path towards a new life, and I wanted to give them time to plan.   After the last several years of my life I realized just how important mental health is. And I didn't learn it the easy way - if that's a thing. I know how critical therapy was to my life, having started at 21, on the cusp on not wanting to continue on with life.    I say this because it’s not always talked about openly. I struggled so much in my early adult years and, thank god, I just felt an urge to keep going and to find resources to help me move forward. I had horrible therapists and I had great ones. The great ones of which are still around. I am now proud to also call them mentors and future colleagues. How I Got HERE Following a marital separation in 2020  (because - anticipatory grief - man) I had j...