Find yourself a great mentor!
This guy is mine, and I’m so glad I met him and have the privilege to work with him and learn from him and enjoy fresh baked banana bread at his house with his wonderful sweet wife (and my other mentor)
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I convinced my fav professor from
undergrad to be my mentor despite many objections from her about “I don’t mentor students blah blah blah” and now 5ish years later it’s the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. Now I just get to hang out with someone I adore and admire on the regular and it just makes my heart soar every time we catch up. What a treat!
i’ve been very lucky to have had a self sustaining network of mentors but the first one i got through my alumni network by asking a professor! ask around! reach out! i haven’t worked with some of these people in years but they bring my name up when it could make a difference and i just landed a really neat opportunity because of it. remember to say thank you and turn around and do the same for the littles come up behind you ◡̈
Joined a mentorship program through my zen center and 🥲 cant rec enough 🥲 my mentor is amazing lady who used to do professional astrology reading but now runs the center and spends her free time doing habitat restoration and curling (?? so hardcore wtf). She sits by me during zazen and gives me a big hug every time i come in 😭
I’ve been on a med for my ocd for one month as of today! Yippee! And I’m feeling really wonderful.
I’ve been anti-med my whole life (because of my ocd i had a massive fear taking meds would fuck up my liver and kill me…lol) but my new and fantastic therapist (another separate rec) has helped me realize that I should try it… and omg LIFE CHANGING.
I haven’t had any bad side effects (that I know of?) and have genuinely felt more productive and less anxious. like I can finally go to bed without worrying about my hair rubbing against my pillow, and can take a shower without having to Freak Out about stepping on the dirty floor..
like omg life is awesome and beautiful. People just are like this normally? Crazy.
Thank you science and thank you therapy!
I know that we live together and that like, we always have sleepovers, but it’s different when you THINK of it as a sleepover, it feels more magical. #girlytime #yippee