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Some long-winded insight from Lake of the Woods.
I just got back from a week camping at the Canadian border—no cell service, no contact with the rest of the world. Just books, a notebook, a hammock, and the lake. It was really wonderful. But the reason I went is less so. 1/
I just got back from a week camping at the Canadian border—no cell service, no contact with the rest of the world. Just books, a notebook, a hammock, and the lake. It was really wonderful. But the reason I went is less so. 1/
Working in publishing, it’s a given that I’m ambitious and a workaholic and a perfectionist. And for a long time, I prided myself on that. My career was my whole life, and that was cool. But then COVID hit, and suddenly my career actually was my whole life. Up until a couple 2/
weeks ago, I was doing okay with that, but then I finally calmed my racing brain down enough to realize I was so, so unhappy. Because every moment was a work moment, I never took time for the wins (and there have been some big ones!). My mindset was “just get through COVID, 3/
and everything will go back to normal.” Y’all—I don’t want things to go back to normal. (Because you want to know something sad? I don’t have one single hobby. I work, and I read, and I work out—but, surprise! That’s also related to my other job.) And even if I did want things 4/
to go back to normal, they won’t. Not anytime soon. So I took a week away from the world, and on day six I was finally removed enough from everything to make a new plan. My days are still work heavy (I love this job, after all), but they’re also focused on me (and finding a 5/
hobby—I’m open to suggestions, unless the suggestion is baking). My takeaway: right now really sucks for a lot of people, but it also just might be the perfect moment to reassess. 6/
Are you actually happy? Or are you going through the motions to make it look like you’re happy? In a lot of ways, the world is in a reset; maybe you could use one too. I sure did.
