A lot can change in a year…

Oh, hi! I know it’s been a while and some people may be wondering if I was ever going to write again. Me… I’m some people. If I’m being fully honest, I didn’t think I would. Activating that side of my brain has been very difficult over the last year. Even my photography has suffered (but that’s a conversation for another day). I could blame it on depression, but I truly think that I actually write better when I’m going through something. I think, more than anything, it’s been a combination of 1) lack of motivation, and 2) simply not wanting to admit what I was going through. Maybe I’m getting a little ahead of myself, though. Let’s start with a recap, shall we?

Danielle 10/17/22 Danielle 10/17/22

Depression & Unemployment: a bad combination

I’ve been trying to find the words for this post for literally the last month. Lots of things are still up in the air, but maybe writing this out will help me cope.

A little over a month ago I lost my job. There are so many things that went wrong from very early on after accepting that position and it really never got better. First of all, I took a significant pay cut and even though I was told during my interview that there would be opportunities for overtime, I was denied it when I asked. For 7 months I endured one of the most toxic work environments of my life. This was made harder by the fact that I actually, for the first time ever, truly enjoyed my job. I liked what I was doing, liked the majority of the people that I worked with, and didn’t really dread going in every day. In all honesty, there was only 1 major problem…

My boss.

Danielle 7/26/21 Danielle 7/26/21

Letting people in

In one of my early posts at the start of this blogging journey, I posed a question: What does depression look like? I then went on to describe what depression looks like in me and what people tend to perceive depression to be and so on. I think using this platform early on to talk openly and candidly about my mental health has really helped to share my personal experience in a very transparent way. I’ve been really open about my struggles and even if no one really reads these posts, like I said in my very first blog in October 2019, it exists as a “living memoir” of where I am at any given time.

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Everything you’re about to read is based on my own experience. It may be a personal take on something, a way to cope, or a helpful anecdote. Read on and let me know if there’s anything you’d like me to write about.

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