❤️ Beautifully written. And hang in there with everything. For years, I feared what I called the abyss — unemployment and being so broke that I had to borrow money from my mom just so I could afford the plane ticket and moving expenses to move back home. And then I fell headfirst into it.
It sucked — at the time. But I kept writing and used to time back home to reconnect with family and old friends. I even got a new job (not anywhere near my dream job, but it paid) and was looking to build a new life in this not-so-bad-at-all abyss. Now a few years on from that time (it was a year long move back home), I realize that time let me work on me. It let me breathe. It let me scream into the abyss — and hear my own thoughts echo back.
Thank you for the read and for sharing your story with me <3. It really helps to hear people who have gone through similar hard times and come out the other side. I'm hoping that though this time is difficult, it'll lead to something better.
I'm going to watch the show now just off of this very vulnerable piece you have written. Should I read the book first? Is it better than the show? I related to the whole loneliness thing you wrote about here too unfortunately.
I think you can start with either the show or the book! You can't go wrong, the advantage of the show though, is of course the performance of the incredible Claire Danes. I think there are a whole lot of us who relate to these feelings than we'd like to believe. Thanks for the read <3.
❤️ Beautifully written. And hang in there with everything. For years, I feared what I called the abyss — unemployment and being so broke that I had to borrow money from my mom just so I could afford the plane ticket and moving expenses to move back home. And then I fell headfirst into it.
It sucked — at the time. But I kept writing and used to time back home to reconnect with family and old friends. I even got a new job (not anywhere near my dream job, but it paid) and was looking to build a new life in this not-so-bad-at-all abyss. Now a few years on from that time (it was a year long move back home), I realize that time let me work on me. It let me breathe. It let me scream into the abyss — and hear my own thoughts echo back.
Thank you for sharing this and best of luck!
Thank you for the read and for sharing your story with me <3. It really helps to hear people who have gone through similar hard times and come out the other side. I'm hoping that though this time is difficult, it'll lead to something better.
I'm going to watch the show now just off of this very vulnerable piece you have written. Should I read the book first? Is it better than the show? I related to the whole loneliness thing you wrote about here too unfortunately.
I think you can start with either the show or the book! You can't go wrong, the advantage of the show though, is of course the performance of the incredible Claire Danes. I think there are a whole lot of us who relate to these feelings than we'd like to believe. Thanks for the read <3.