I’ve been up and down a lot lately. Some days I feel great and confident and like everything is going well. Other days I feel like I am failing at everything and that it’s all falling apart. There have been more work stresses than normal lately, in addition to some personal stresses, and I know that this is what is contributing to a lot of the bumps.

I’m trying to keep things at an even keel, but there are a lot of days, like today, where just staying afloat is tough. I don’t know if it’s everything that happened this past week or the state of the world that is contributing to these feelings right now. I just know that there is a lot going on right now.

Over the years, I got very good at hiding when things are bad with me, but in the past 10 years or so, I’ve tried to be more honest about what I’m feeling. Lately though, I feel like it’s better if I go back into hiding. My team doesn’t need to know what I’m going through, and my family doesn’t care, so as of today, the mask is back out.