Letter 10: Gratitude, mourning & the power to reclaim.
It can and is all of it. All at once, all the time.
Listening to: PJ Harvey’s Tiny Desk Concert. This woman is just the most incredible and inspiring musician and I’m here for it always and forever.
Reading: Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore. Let’s just say I have a list lined up a mile long of French-related books.
I just landed back in the states yesterday and I was doing great in terms of jet lag! Until about 15 minutes ago while making dinner.
Jet lag is weird.
This was my 4th trip to Europe this year, which is still hard to wrap my head around. Prior to this year I hadn’t been to Europe since I was 25.
That’s about 18 years in between.
And now, other than a quick trip to Boston, I stay put for at least a few months.
“The holidays” are rolling around and it’s that time of year where we start thinking about what we’re grateful for.
It’s no secret that travel changes you. I am not the same person I was last year at this time.
Last year at this time I was grappling with a few Very Stressful Things, all of which have passed since then.
Stress is so strange, isn’t it? When it strangles us in its grasp it is all-consuming, as if nothing else exists.
I’m beyond grateful that the grasp has loosened.
Two years ago at this time I had no idea that my marriage was going to end, that I was going to go through something more painful than anything I had ever experienced before.
And I think last year I was still mourning.
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