Do you still remember that FEELING you had when you started your first job?

“The WORLD is my oyster. NOTHING can bring me down”

You would have your own apartment….

Your own car…

I have personally always wanted a scooter…

And you would have FREEDOM…

And probably most importantly, MONEY…

Then, REALITY kicks in

Work isn’t what you thought it was going to be

It is actually a lot of ppt, excel, and honestly, keeping your desk company

And it doesn’t help that people

hound you

And hound you

And HOUND you

And when you make a MISTAKE, you GUILT TRIP yourself

“You IDIOT, why didn’t you check that?”

You fall into a DARK and MISERABLE place

WHAT is the meaning of life?

Is there ANYTHING that comes after this?

Am I only worth the SUM of my mistakes?

Am I DOOMED to become BFFs with PPT?

DARN YOU MICROSOFT

I was walking to work today…

SLOUCHED AND UPSET

When I BUMPED into an old college friend

SUDDENLY, I was the old ME again

I forgot that I could be HAPPY, SNARKY, CONFIDENT

“So THIS is the old ME that I had lost!”

When you realize that you have let your WORRIES bring you down,

it is actually a strangely LIBERATING experience

I am STRONG. I am AWESOME.

And I am MORE than anyone THINKS I am.

If I don’t like how they’ve defined me…

I am going to DEFINE myself

After all, life isn’t just about WORK

And it’s not just about PLAY

That’s a Ferris wheel by the way…

It’s about ME

And the PEOPLE

And the THINGS

That I care MOST about

If I approach everything with a POSITIVE OUTLOOK

I can be EVERYTHING I want to be

So after my brief catharsis, I decided to delay going into work for ten minutes to treat myself to

a latte

Thanks for reading

Willow’s Wednesday’s Musings

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