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today was my last day as an organizer & i wanted to be transparent about how this job affected my mental health! & it’s okay to leave to do what is right for you! we have to have this discussion bc too often it is disregarded or you’re told to ignore it for the sake of the work.
i also preface this w/ organizing is incredible + so important & so many of my dearest friends are the best organizers to ever exist & i’m so proud to continue to support (& volunteer) for them :)
also want to say i cried on my last zoom w/ my vols bc i love them all so much & formed so many incredible bonds and relationships in this work which i am forever grateful for (much love to region 8 FOs)
i could hardly wait to start my job after graduating & was so ready to grind until november. but a lot of the campaign culture got to me & i couldn’t keep pushing through each day & acting like i was fine because i most definitely was not
my family & friends noticed a visible difference in me, and they confronted me about it (out of love) but i resisted listening bc i felt guilty for leaving such important work, but in the meantime i was at one of the lowest points in my life
i felt like i constantly was not meeting expectations (plz don’t let metrics define you!!!) & i realized if i wasn’t 100% myself i couldn’t give the job what it needed these next two months & so i decided to leave
at first i felt like a failure, but then i checked myself bc i am more than a job! if i’m not putting myself first, what am i doing? so this is a reminder to put yourself first, have self-compassion
i don’t know what is next in my life & that’s okay. please take care of yourself & be gentle with yourself. this is the only life you have & no job is worth putting yourself in a dark, unheathy place mentally & don’t let anyone try to guilt you into believing differently!
