3 years, 5 months.
Wednesday 13 August 2025 Hi Friends! Long time, no read. I come to you as a completely different person, but still exactly the same. I have spent the last 3 years and 5 months trying to re-shape my identity. Trying to tear out my old skin and put on a new, both literally and figuratively. In the last 3 years and 5 months, I started law school, took a break from law school, went back to law school and finally finished law school. In the last 3 years and 5 months, I have read 50 books, give or take. (Yes, I am pretentious enough to keep track.) In the last 3 years and 5 months I have fallen in love and fallen out of it. In the last 3 years and 5 months....you get the point. Back then, my identity was my mental illness. And I was fine with that — cherished it, even. It made me different. Special. Until it didn’t. Life with mental illness was hard 3 years and 5 months ago, but I thought it was temporary. "I would grow out of it", as my parents would say. So, al...
