Lately I’ve been grieving the adventure, autonomy, and security that being employed full-time offered me. What’s been most exhausting as of late is the pain of worrying about how (and when) I will find the work I need in order to meet my own very basic needs: shelter, health insurance, food. That’s where I’m at.

A month ago yesterday I started onboarding at Facebook to their Learning & Development Organization. To say I was excited is an understatement — probably obvious.