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

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

3. You would have your own apartment….

4. Your own car…

5. I have personally always wanted a scooter…

6. And you would have FREEDOM…

7. And probably most importantly, MONEY…

8. Then, REALITY kicks in

9. 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

10. And it doesn’t help that people
hound you

11. And houndyou

12. And HOUNDyou

13. And when you make a MISTAKE, you GUILT TRIP yourself

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

15. You fall into a DARK and MISERABLE place

16. WHAT is the meaning of life?

17. Is there ANYTHING that comes after this?

18. Am I only worth the SUM of my mistakes?

19. Am I DOOMED to become BFFs with PPT?

20. DARN YOU MICROSOFT

21. I was walking to work today…
SLOUCHED AND UPSET

22. When I BUMPED into an old college friend

23. SUDDENLY, I was the old ME again
I forgot that I could be HAPPY, SNARKY,
CONFIDENT

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

25. When you realize that you have let your WORRIES
bring you down,
it is actually a strangely LIBERATING experience

26. I am STRONG. I am AWESOME.
And I am MORE than anyone THINKS I am.

27. If I don’t like how they’ve defined me…
I am going to DEFINE myself

28. After all, life isn’t just about
WORK
And it’s not just about PLAY
That’s a Ferris wheel by the way…

29. It’s about ME
And the PEOPLE

30. And the THINGS
That I care MOST about

31. If I approach everything with a
POSITIVE OUTLOOK
I can be EVERYTHING I want to be

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

33. Thanks for reading
Willow’s Wednesday’s Musings
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