I am really fortunate to not have yet been heavily burdened by COVID-19. I am fortunate that no one I know has died or even gotten very sick. I am fortunate in that I have a job now and I am vaccinated. But man, this pandemic has thrown me for a loop mentally. Just when…
In 6 months, it will be 2022. Did 2021 even happen? I'm still processing 2020. About a year ago today, I packed up my office in New Hampshire. I had only been there a handful of times since we were sent to work from home in March 2020. The whole building was quiet and our…
On April 23, 2020 I wrote a blog post on this exact topic. I will be the first to admit I've been thoroughly naïve through this whole pandemic, always thinking that things were about to get better. It's been over a year since I wrote that last post and now, finally, things are slightly resembling…
Continue reading ➞ Anxiety Around Actually Returning To Normal
I got laid off in July 2020. I had an inkling it was coming, but wasn't positive. When I woke up on the morning that marked the end of our fiscal year, I saw an email from HR telling me they would calling me between 9:00 AM and 12:00 PM, and that's when I knew…
Continue reading ➞ 4 Things I Wish I Had Done After Getting Laid Off
I sometimes experience a stretch of days where I just feel so unhappy and hopeless. The weight of the pandemic, staying in my house, not being able to do the things I love - it all becomes too much. To the point where the days just become one and all I can do is sit…
It’s been almost a full year since I last traveled, which is quite the culture shock to someone who was traveling out of country at least twice a year and supplementing that often with domestic travel. I used travel to escape. Escape the mundane 9-5. Escape the real world just for a little. It was…
There's very little excitement that comes with summer as you get older. You wait all year for the weather to turn warmer only to still be inside Monday through Friday from 9 to 5. You wish days away, fight for weekends, manage your paid time off for a little freedom - but it just isn't…
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