Because I went from having 4 to 15 panic attacks a month to being able to count the time between panic attacks in years.
Because my panic attacks went from being because it’s Tuesday to being because I was in situations with actual dire consequences.
Because once I learned that it served no one involved for me to bend myself into an an ill fitting shape to avoid all conflict I was able to have lasting romantic and platonic relationships (married 8 years now and have told my wife I’m glad I met her after doing all the therapy).
Because of the dozens of things I learned explicitly and implicitly through the process. Because I am still using tools offered to me. Because I am actually happier and more fulfilled than I had ever expected I could be.
You suggested only people making six figures should live in Brooklyn. So when I was a grad student going to school on Brooklyn, where should I have lived?
This is something I think about a lot, and talk about some. The accommodations that support one group may directly conflict with the accommodation that supports another group. I'm prone to migraines which are worsened by loud/sharp sounds and florescent lights. So I would love a world and workspace that is dark (or natural light only) and as quiet as possible. However I used to work in a skilled nursing facility where many many people had cataracts or other vision problems and others had hearing issues. The lights were bright for safety, and volume turned up for understanding.
I have three cats. A chonk, an old lady with kidney issues, and the other guy. When there was no restriction on who got what chonk was very chonky and the other guy was pretty skinny. Everyone but chonk are grazers so it's not even a matter of separating him from them during meal time, unless I'm banishing him for like three hours. Also both the chonk and the other guy would love to eat old lady's prescription $30/lb food.
I love budgetbytes.com because they specifically do cheap thing with excellent spices (so deliciously flavorful). I credit them for teaching me a lot of "how to cook" between the frequent "you can add or substitute xyz" and step by step pictures.
I'm having a vague memory of some (cartoon) creator or artist who was thankful to torrents because the show that was the cornerstone of their "portfolio" got delisted from a streaming platform's catalog.
Because I went from having 4 to 15 panic attacks a month to being able to count the time between panic attacks in years.
Because my panic attacks went from being because it’s Tuesday to being because I was in situations with actual dire consequences.
Because once I learned that it served no one involved for me to bend myself into an an ill fitting shape to avoid all conflict I was able to have lasting romantic and platonic relationships (married 8 years now and have told my wife I’m glad I met her after doing all the therapy).
Because of the dozens of things I learned explicitly and implicitly through the process. Because I am still using tools offered to me. Because I am actually happier and more fulfilled than I had ever expected I could be.