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2023 Closes

  As the year closes I try and write one of these up. Tell you all about how my year has been. It’s a brief moment some of you get to see a side of me when you may not have. This year I think has been the hardest for me emotionally and mentally. I also think I found the most growth.  The beginning of this year I took a step back from my second job. A job that I loved. I had to for my mental health. The choice was not mine to make, but it was made for me by my boss and the rest of the team. I fought my boss on it but I understood. I was devastated about losing the income that I had. I didn’t know then, that was the best choice.  As the months continued my depression got worse. It got bad enough for the first time my therapist got worried about me. In the two years I had been with him, this was the first time he got concerned. Honestly, I was getting worried if I was going to survive by the end of the year.  Work became harder and everything around me seemed impossible. When August rolle