The Fig Tree
5/5/2025 Today has been one of those days where you question every decision that you've made. I found myself starting blankly at my work computer screens, asking myself why I am in this role. Then I started playing the "what if" game with myself. "What if I accepted the other job for post-grad and lived in Wisconsin." "What if I had a kid?" "What if I didn't have a kid?" "What if I just never show back up to work and ignore all of there phone calls when they wonder where I am?" These are the questions that took up space in my head today. It's overwhelming. You see, thinking of what your life would look like if had chosen a different path, is a slippery slope to unhappiness. I get caught in this trap about once a day, and I know it is time for me to reset my thinking. I have tried everything to try to avoid thinking that way, but it is our natu...