Tag: mental health
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Little Things: Routine
In trying to stay true to my first ever list of New Year’s resolution, one of which writing something everyday, if I feel that there may be something remotely close to being good enough to share, I will. I want to talk about routines and how the lack of one gives me almost as much…
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Introduction to Literature- Sylvia Plath
Death by Domestication By Kacie Fowler November 2024 Sylvia Plath’s life, and subsequent death, demonstrated the many of the struggles with societies norms, questions, and shortcomings that are bestowed upon women who find themselves living the ‘American Lifestyle’. Lady Lazarus is a poem that shows us just how mind-numbing and soul-damaging domesticity can be for…
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Short Story
Prompt: Author writes his own murder before it happens. “Yah, yah, yah.” I drawl to my editor who has been hounding me all month about my new project. He’s been practically down on his knees, begging for even just a chapter to show the publishing team. “I’ll send it to you when its ready, John.”…
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I did not fail. I did not Fail. I did not fail.
This is what I have been telling myself every day, no, every hour since I made the decision to leave veterinary medicine and pursue a career in writing/English. The end goal is still being worked out, but the initial feeling I had, was that of failure. Veterinary assistants, technicians, and even veterinarians leaving the field…
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Imposter Syndrome in Veterinary Medicine
“The conference room is filling up, and I start to get nervous as the moderator introduces me—not because I am about to speak to hundreds of fellow veterinarians, which I love to do, but because I fear I will be considered a fraud. I start thinking of all the things I do not know and become paranoid…
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Nervously Optimistic
We have a house as a result of all the work, phone calls, and e-mails the last two days. Yet, I am nervous to celebrate. Sure, the drive is still a daunting 2,760 miles, but it still feels like something is going to fall through. I do not have the best luck in life. It…
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