I thought I might share one of my new tattoos. A couple years ago, a dear friend and I coined the term “fish bag moment”
A fish bag moment might be sitting all alone in an empty new apartment after coming out and upending your life, or starting a new job in a brand new line of work because it’s closer to your dreams
It’s what happens when you take a leap of faith or make a hard decision for yourself, when the future is so hard to visualize and everything feels scary. You’re just a fish in a bag and you can’t see where you’re going
But you’re on your way to a bigger aquarium
Ugh a coworker I adore is leaving for a new job opportunity. She was talking about how she’s happy and excited, but also sad and scared and nervous. I was like “omg you’re having a fishbag moment! Those feelings are what this tattoo represents!”
She said “I don’t like this feeling why would you get that tattooed on you”
And I said “because it means you’re on your way to a bigger aquarium 😌”
She had to walk away bc she started crying lol, and then shouted “THAT WAS CUTE” at me from down the hall
It doesn't even feel like a moment but more like an era.. this entire year is one big fishbag for me.
The little girl who always felt like an outsider all her life, who had to become her own worst critic to survive, who at first didn't dare to study her undergrad subject because she didn't feel smart enough; that same little girl - though of course, she's a little more grown now - was accepted for a masters at Oxford University this year.
