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@toastedrice.bsky.social

An alt, for better and worse. NSFW. Recovering academic. If you know me offline, I’d advise leaving. Always open to noodle soup recipes (any cuisine). Snap @zibbzabb. 36 MD

I just turned down two major opportunities, for a couple of reasons, one of which is that I am simply so deeply burned out that it wouldn’t be responsible for me to take them on. And now, I feel stressed about that choice, even if the rational part of my brain says it was the right thing to do.

A recurring depressing thing about working with young people is how often they beg for forgiveness just for advocating for themselves, for asking for the bare minimum of support and help. This is for anything from asking when they’re getting paid to asking for help when they’re homeless.