"I don’t have the resilience, the ability to compartmentalise, the relief of small joys, that will allow me to tolerate a life that I don’t love." I have never resonated with a sentence more. fucking loved this, your writing is incredible. also happy belated from a fellow gemini <3
You’ve really beautifully articulated something I’ve always felt but couldn’t find the right words for. It’s so common to hear the advice to find joy in the small things, your job is only there to fund the life you want, etc. But the life I want seems fundamentally incompatible with the life I have so I also feel compelled to quit and quit again. But nothing ever feels like the right move so I’m perpetually somewhat dissatisfied and disappointment with where I’ve landed.
I love your list of things you want. I want similarly small idiosyncratic things, but because I don’t know what my Life Purpose is, I always say I don’t know what I want, or that I don’t want anything. But that’s not true. I have lots of wants. It’s nice to see all your little big desires written out like that.
love this and felt it deeply in my bones
you are so powerful
"I don’t have the resilience, the ability to compartmentalise, the relief of small joys, that will allow me to tolerate a life that I don’t love." I have never resonated with a sentence more. fucking loved this, your writing is incredible. also happy belated from a fellow gemini <3
You’ve really beautifully articulated something I’ve always felt but couldn’t find the right words for. It’s so common to hear the advice to find joy in the small things, your job is only there to fund the life you want, etc. But the life I want seems fundamentally incompatible with the life I have so I also feel compelled to quit and quit again. But nothing ever feels like the right move so I’m perpetually somewhat dissatisfied and disappointment with where I’ve landed.
I love your list of things you want. I want similarly small idiosyncratic things, but because I don’t know what my Life Purpose is, I always say I don’t know what I want, or that I don’t want anything. But that’s not true. I have lots of wants. It’s nice to see all your little big desires written out like that.
Felt this deep in my (quitter's) heart, might have teared up a little