Dan HonI just want to give myself a lot of props and 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 for turning around a request for an op-ed last Wednesday into something published on Friday given my horrific and scary mental health over the last 3 months so go me, never mind all the usual aaaaah adhd/rsd nonsense
Thing I remembered from last time is that "editors want to help you make what you want to say clearer and better" and not "you're in trouble because you did it wrong and they are marking you down" so that was nice
also that I can apparently disagree with an editor because what they added was a suggestion and that's ok?!?!
(It was this one: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/07/1111283/elon-musk-doge-and-the-evil-housekeeper-problem-government-technology/)
Last time, The Daily Beast asked me to pitch a column and it completely froze me up, I blew it and never did it so I want to acknowledge this was a Big Fucking Deal For Me
I have been feeling second-to-worst depressed of my life for the last 3 months, only second to the time I went into intensive outpatient, and my psych said apparently the hardest thing for me is to ask people for help and to hear they care about me so I guess I am doing that here
Rebecca Blood@danhon I'm sorry to hear this. This really is a tough time. You and I haven't met, but I look forward to seeing your daily pictures of taking a stupid walk for your stupid mental health, and every day they remind me to take care of myself. Thank you!