So I broke my laptop two weeks ago. Not just at a random time by the way, but when I was in the middle of sending the email out for the blog post “leaving”. Thank God I had finished writing it a day or so earlier and wrapped up the edits that morning. That Friday morning, my screen cracked as I was carrying it in an admittedly odd way, with only one finger. My thumb pressed it and one side of the screen turned black, then microseconds later, the whole screen started glitching uncontrollably. I really wanted to post “leaving” that morning so best believe I sent out that email with my collapsing computer screen and posted the blog that same morning! What a way to start a day. Now, when my screen broke, I honestly thought it was a dream or something, it happened so out of the blue, too sporadically, too quickly. It was so unbelievable that I thought I could rewind the scene that just took place to properly understand what just happened and how. It was surreal. Later that day, I found myself dropping off my laptop at the Apple Store - I wouldn’t have it back for another week. What happened was so incomprehensible and ridiculous that I couldn’t help but start laughing. Was I annoyed? absolutely. But looking back, I think I was more bewildered than annoyed. The point of this story is that on my way to the Apple Store, I realized how much I needed this to happen. I know, very odd reaction to an unfortunate occurrence, but hear me out: up until that morning, I was having a very boring week. So my laptop breaking was the dopamine dose I needed! I’m glad it happened. It was the rush of excitement that I so desperately craved that week, notwithstanding its sprinkles of confusion and frustration. That’s a silver lining. No matter how bad something is, there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel, you just have to be receptive to it. Trying to see the good in everything is the moral of the story I just emphatically narrated to you, and it’s also a vital skill to have in life :)

Until the next one

-C