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Cake day: January 31st, 2025

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  • So your doctor said something smart, but you have excuses as to why it wouldn’t work. Which tells me it’s less about the excuses but more that you don’t want to go that route in the first place. Which leads me to believe you shouldn’t pursue that path.

    Can you give us an idea about your life outside of work? When you get home do you have freetime? Do you get home and flop on the bed and wake up to do it again? Do you have free time but spend it drinking, smoking, or otherwise self medicating?

    I ask because, for a lot of us, our free time is the only time we have to sacrifice to pursue our personal goals unfortunately. Do you feel you have the free time to pursue these goals? Could you go to a night class at a community college on writing and see if you gain anything from it? I believe you can get partially through a semester at most places before you’re no longer eligible for a full refund and withdrawal if it’s not for you.

    Would you ever consider therapy? It might help with the feeling of being overwhelmed. You might feel like you’re “supposed” to be happy, but it’s not always stability that provides that. Sometimes the pain that we go through to achieve stability ultimately is not worth it.