Accidentally sent a work email to my entire company instead of just my boss saying "I think I'm burning out and need help."
Realized it thirty seconds too late.
Spent the next hour in pure panic waiting to get fired.
Instead, my CEO called me.
CEO: Can you come to my office?
Me: (walking to my execution)
Me: I'm so sorry about that email.
CEO: Don't be. How long have you been feeling like this?
Me: Six months.
CEO: Why didn't you say anything?
Me: Because admitting burnout feels like admitting failure.
CEO: (pause)
CEO: It's not. It's admitting you're human.
She gave me two weeks off. Paid.
CEO: Figure out what you need. Come back when you're ready.
Me: You're not firing me?
CEO: Why would I fire someone honest enough to accidentally tell the truth?
I took the time. Rested. Therapy. Slept for days.
Came back different.
CEO: Better?
Me: Yeah. Thanks for not making that email the end.
CEO: (pause)
CEO: Twelve people emailed me after yours. All said they felt the same way but were too scared to say it.
Me: Really?
CEO: Your accident started a conversation we needed.
She implemented mental health days after that.
Called them "accidental honesty days" as a joke.
I still work there.
Best mistake I ever made.
Someone said the most healing thing for some neurodivergent people isn't a vacation or a spa day. It's simply existing for a while without anyone needing a single thing from them.
There’s something so adorable about listening to someone talk about what they truly love. Their eyes light up, their face softens into the biggest smile, and they start rambling without even realizing it because they’re just so excited. I could listen to that forever.
Self-checkout machines are just a way for grocery stores to outsource labor to consumers for free while cutting employee jobs. If I’m scanning and bagging my own $200 groceries, I should be getting an automatic 5% discount at the register.
My boyfriend got slapped right in front of me.
It wasn't by me. He got into an argument with another guy outside a restaurant, and before I even realized what was happening...
SMACK.
The whole place went quiet.