Letting Life Do Its Chaotic & Beautiful Thing
The first year of 2023 has been wild. At the start of it I boldly shouted into the abyss of the internet.
“This is my year for stability! The last three years have been pretty chaotic, with the cancer and whatnot. I’m craving a less eventful year. It’s time for grounding. My year will flow with ease. Most importantly, can the year be anticlimactic? No major life headlines. Please.”
Twenty days into the year, my goal for 2023 was undone when I was laid off from my job, my source of stability for the past seven years. I grew up in this job. I got cancer at this job, took paid medical leave, and did so much healing in this job. This job fed me (literally) and kept my cancer bills low enough that I could focus all of my energy on surviving. Now this job is gone.
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