It’s Not You, It’s The Economy.
Recognizing the Weight of Economic Realities
Today has been that day, I took a day off from work to rest, nurse my ailing body and work on my mind, well, I didn't intend to work on my mind earlier, but I guess sometimes when you're alone with your thoughts, you hear and see the cracks in the walls you think you've built and that's what happened to me.
Like most people in this country, I sensed overwhelm, the feeling of stagnancy, the feeling that you’re working way too much and getting almost nothing to show for it, I felt all that and it felt very heavy. It was heavy. And so I broke down in tears and bawled my eyes out for the next I-don’t-know-how-long minutes. Maybe that helped and maybe it didn’t, all I know is that I made myself a cup of ginger tea, the last sachet of the three I stole from my cousin the last time I visited.😌
Teas are soothing, so I made one. I needed something to soothe me, to make me feel better even for a little and I think it did. By the time I was done, I knew I had to write this and here you are, reading something I had no intention of ever writing just two hours ago.
After I felt overwhelmed and angry with my life, with feeling stagnant, with feeling too much, I knew the problem wasn't me, or maybe the problem was me not knowing how to navigate and scale…
