It was my birthday a few days ago. I’ve been out of a job for almost six months. Sobering news keeps pouring in, and I go in and out of experiencing losses more closely. In times like this, can we not ask what’s the point to any of these? Maybe a more worthwhile framing: How do I want to live this very fragile life?
In the wave of mass layoffs, I lost my job in April. Now I wouldn’t even want to look at my screen time on LinkedIn, both hoping I never have to open it again and wanting what comes with acing that Top Voice game. One thing I can say: Do not recommend going on it after midnight, gives you the mares.
While trying my best to open doors and pave the paths that are true to me, I remind myself to trust the process, manifest—the antidotes you offer someone who’s going through a limbo in persistent pursuit. There’s no one way to do things, and that’s the thing: I’ve had to question everything about life and my reality, the whole ‘meaning’ thing. Between wanting A…
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