What do you do when you feel like shit to make yourself feel less like shit? I’ve been kicking around this concept in my head — “ground level living” — where I’m not on a pedestal (thinking I’m hot shit) or in the basement (thinking I’m worthless shit) but find that actually getting there (to ground level) is less simple than it seems.
Tomorrow I’m going to try to remember ground level, and chill there as much as possible. Maybe I’ll just repeat to myself the things/facts I notice to dwell there. I’ll try.
You are not unemployed in my eyes. You are a writer and, just like being a mother, the job never ends.
really like the ground floor concept!
Ugh. Thank you for this. That ping-ponging is constant and it sucks. Beautifully said, as always.
Tomorrow I’m going to try to remember ground level, and chill there as much as possible. Maybe I’ll just repeat to myself the things/facts I notice to dwell there. I’ll try.