I’ve had a lot of weird jobs. I’ve been a park ranger, gas station attendant, furniture refurbisher, line cook, server, and spent the worst day of my life selling phone services door to door. The best job I’ve ever had, though, was working for a small letterpress company in San Francisco. It was a close-knit team of about ten hilarious, creative, warm, fun, and loving people whom I still consider some of my best friends. After working from home for so long, going to an office every day felt like summer camp. For some reason one April, everything started going wrong for all of us. Christina got hit by a car while she was walking (don’t worry, she was fine); Stewey, Lia, and I all broke up with our boyfriends; Lyndsey got kicked out of her house; and then the kicker: We all found out we were losing our jobs because the company was relocating.
Everyone was a bit of a mess emotionally with all the upheaval. The good news is, emotional upheaval is scientifically proven to make hilarious people even funnier. We started doing this thing where anytime someone said something depressing, he or she would follow it up with “… whatever, I’m just gonna die alone anyway.” Never underestimate the healing power of humor and commiseration.
While I am by no means trying to promote unhealthy coping mechanisms, I will say that sometimes when you feel stressed or low, you will want to stuff your face with some food to make yourself feel better. So why not do it with food that is actually going to nourish and support you and your body, rather than some junk that is going to make you feel worse?
