Letting go of a career isn’t always a choice. Sometimes reality makes the decision for you—and the only thing left to do is accept it and move forward.
Category: Wasteland therapy
Drawing the Line in the Wasteland
At some point, you stop adjusting your boundaries to survive other people—and start adjusting to their absence instead. A reflection on grief, people-pleasing, and finally learning where to draw the line.
We Were Promised Flying Cars
We grew up expecting the apocalypse—and instead got stagnation, superstition, and missed scientific leaps. Why don’t we have flying cars? Maybe the answer has less to do with technology and more to do with control.
Why I Trust NPCs More Than People Right Now
Sometimes I joke that Fallout is cheaper than therapy. That’s not entirely fair — therapy is doing its job — but Fallout does something different. It gives my brain a place to land. When the world feels loud, hostile, and unpredictable, the wasteland is oddly structured. There are rules. There are objectives. There is a …
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