I know that this isn’t technically “barista related,” but I think it’s a good thing to put out there into the ether.
Getting fired for the first time was one of the most shocking and painful experiences I’ve been through in a long time.
As someone who’s had a lot of issues with mental and physical health in my relatively short life thus far, I’m fully aware that “deciding” to be happy isn’t really a thing. What I do know is that today I woke up feeling like absolute shit emotionally, and somewhere along the line I just kind of said to myself, “I’m gonna start doing the things that I know usually work for me so that I don’t spiral again.” I don’t know where it came from (certainly not an inscribed bowl), but it came from somewhere, so hopefully I’ll be able to power on.