Don't get me wrong: I love that there are fewer and fewer folks around the closer we march toward the epicenter of the holiday season, but man... the social narrative starts to affect me more than I'd care to admit.
To be clear: I don't normally care about concepts like "friends" and "family"—though I do cherish those I maintain ties with—but society keeps pushing that these are the times to be closer to your loved ones, and its in such a way that it makes you feel like there's something wrong with you if you don't feel the same.
Not in a "you're fucking weird" kinda wrong, but in a "Oh no, you poor dear, you must be depressed..."
Yes.
I am.
But not because of that.
It's because of brain chemicals and shit.
Anyway: grats to those that fall within the intersection of "people who read my blog" and "people who got promoted recently"!
Well earned.