I don't normally ask questions, I'm pretty ashamed. I hope not bother, but I wanted to know if you're okay? :)
(Sorry if there is any mistake, english is not my native language)
What is with all this self-shame for questions?! NO SHAME! ONLY LOVE! Especially with such a sweet flipping question! I also would have never guessed english wasn't your first language, you are very good at it!
I am actually doing incredibly well! I am currently not working as a teacher. As with all of us, the last few years broke my kneecaps and threw me into the incinerator and the world forgot to turn it on so I continued existing.
And then I was reborn! Got a part time summer job at a zoo, got promoted pretty quick, and then got another one! I feel so mentally and spiritually rejuvenated here and it's been stellar. So stellar that I still continue to invest incredible overtime and physically exhaust myself. I'm getting better at that though! I think. We'll see. Anyway, I really like where I'm at. It's way more financially stable for me now too (which, honestly, is a little depressing. I feel like I do less work here but get paid far more. Sigh). Honestly, as bad as I feel for not updating anything recently I also know it's a good sign. Hawks-sensei started because I was so incredibly stressed, exhausted, and drowning in all the negative things around me that I had to keep writing. It was the only coping mechanism I had that was working and it helped me form some amazing connections that really bolstered me mentally. The feedback I got was so incredibly positive and powerful it really motivated me to keep going. And later on, when some lovely friends pointed out exactly how much I had written in a short frame of time I went "oh. I'm falling apart at the seams. Huh."
It's been quite a while now since I've felt like I NEED to write just to get my mind off things, or express myself in the only way I can because there was no way to do so in my personal life that wouldn't negatively impact me in some other way. Now I want to write because I'm just excited to share and explore the story more.
Way more details than you needed for a single question, I'm sure. I want to let you know that it made me smile when I read your question. To know you cared enough to reach out, that meant a lot. I truly hope you don't feel ashamed to ask questions in the future, the one you built the courage to ask here was incredibly kind and it made me very, very happy. Thank you.
On an equally important note (that you are not required to answer unless you want to but that I hope you think about and know that I am thinking of you and wish only the very best), how are you?
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