The year is going fantastic so far. My arm is healing excruciatingly slowly and plans keep getting cancelled, but whatever. Suddenly I have a new job! I will essentially be overseeing the production of audiobooks, in the capacity of someone who knows science. State-produced media for the hard-of-sight and dyslexic.
Not only is it a job where my education will actually be of use, it is my very first permanent job. And the salary happens to be way beyond what I ever dared dream of making. Imagine that: a steady income with no end date. The possibility of planning more than half a year ahead!
And I didn’t even have to sell my soul to dark powers, because I will be working for a cause which is actually important to me. Books, accessibility and science. As it happens, life has in many ways prepared me for this. Not that I’ve ever done this exact kind of thing before. But I’m sure I can learn, and I’m even convinced I’ll have a lot of fun with it.
To further hammer in the euphoria: we get to keep living in this wonderful castle of a house until further notice. High-school me never would have dreamed that a stable living situation, with a stable job and even sort of being a parent would top my list of priorities. But then high-school me took a lot of things for granted, and had a lot of re-evaluation left to do.
In all probability, I still do. Who knows what will seem most important in ten years? (having clean air to breathe and fresh water to drink, my inner pessimist is betting on) In any case, I am flooding over with gratitude for having unwittingly stumbled down the long, winding road that led me to all this.
Love and gratitude,
Winterdragon
