I like to start my relationships with honesty (says every enneagram 4 ever), and so that’s where we’ll begin. Welcome to the vulnerability fast-track.
I’ve been trying to figure out what to write in this post for the last few days now. It is the first one, after all. These words will set the tone for this newsletter. There’s a felt pressure to get it right, to make it worthwhile—for both you and me.
The problem is, I’m fairly burned-out right now. (Aren’t we all?) I even told a coworker today that my words don’t seem to be working and feel as jumbled as the kitchen junk drawer I keep telling myself to clean.
It’s not a super ideal place to be. Essay deadlines don’t care if you’re too tired to write. And then there is this newsletter. A passion project I launched a few weeks ago, patiently (yet loomingly) awaiting attention.
In true burnout fashion, I chose not to write after work and instead plopped myself on the sofa to scroll Instagram. I felt a desperate need for nostalgia to swoop m…
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