Thanks for that. I wasn’t meaning to scold at all, it’s just a tactic that has helped me in the past, or was a bit of an “ah-hah” moment for me. I definitely don’t know her unique circumstances, and I’m so, so sorry you had to go through that loss with your mother. The pain is real and you aren’t at fault for how you…

As someone who is bad at this game and relies on the overpoweredness of shotguns, I am both bummed and excited about this news.

Fist bumps to you, my friend. I’m working on giving less fucks as I get older and it helps.

Hi back, fellow person! I also try to put on a happy front but by shielding with sarcasm and humor. Some days, it is really really tiring. I often feel like it’s not so traditional sadness that gets me, it’s that tired feeling. I think we need to give ourselves awards some days for just doing normal adult things.

That’s true, and I don’t know if I can blame employers either, but in that example, the babysitter’s identity isn’t wrapped in her job.

I definitely agree with you, so maybe I need to go back and read this again, but I don’t think that’s what the article was about, although the title suggests that. I took away that it’s ok to have mental health issues, even if you want to express positivity/cheeriness - and Kate might have had trouble getting to that…

I think a LOT of creative and artistic work becomes really personal for the artist and designer. Sometimes it is even an expression of yourself and how you think. That’s your style, that’s your work... Rejection or separation from that can translate directly to how you see yourself. Adding your name on top of it has…

I think it’s destigmatized far more than it used it be, but it’s definitely still a weakness in Corporate America. It also depends a lot on who you work for and what industry you are in. I do think it’s a risk to admit it in a professional setting. A lot of career websites still encourage you to keep it to yourself…

I didn’t get the impression that this piece was about blaming men. I found it was about a multitude of factors contributing to someone who already had a mental illness, including our work culture – which yes, had been traditionally led by men. Career women are in a better position now than ever before, but we can…

The thing about making design look effortless is that in the end, it makes it harder to argue how valuable your talents are. I always try to share a little context about the work that went into what I’m showing. In my experience it makes clients even more respecting of your work and likely to approve your ideas, or at…

Sorry you are still going through all of that. I can’t imagine the complexities of an addiction. Serious kuddos to you for your daily fight.

If I died in my sleep tonight I do not think I would care, and I do not think anyone else really would either.

I hope you got the help you needed. Depression doesn’t care if you have all your needs met or “should” be happy. Sometimes, that’s what makes it more confusing and just adds guilt on top of an already-sour cherry of a trash sundae.

I spent hours researching women leaders and pioneers and disruptors and finding all the stories I could about those women to correlate to the failures and fears they wrote down, and then I hand wrote those stories under their statements in a book.

It’s true of social media too. Instagram, facebook - they only show our highlight reals and not our struggles. I’m an artist/designer too and I constantly have to remind myself there is hours of work and mistakes prior to anything I see from my art/design heroes. There are 100s of selfies in someone’s photo reel…

This is exactly how I feel too. I would’ve found her brand more authentic, as well. But I can understand how it would feel so isolating, and is much easier said than done. It could seem like you have two choices as a public persona - a hard shell, or totally open and vulnerable. I’m really sad for her and her family,…

I think this is part why I found this news so heartbreaking. She’d tried to hold it all together and display an exterior of happy cheeriness. I’ve always liked her designs but they never felt like *me* because I never felt that cheeriness, or it always felt forced, having grown up with Dysthymia (a chronic low-grade…

This reminds me a lot of some of the similar ridiculous patents and lawsuits that come from random website companies. I can’t remember the case, but I had heard of one example of someone or some company trying to sue others for using the concept of a pop-up window. These things, at this point, are part of a universal…

Agree. I’m going to have to save it for when I need a really good cry but can’t actually cry. Or if I know someone who won’t face a serious issue and is pretending like everything is ok, I’ll be like “Hey, come over and let’s watch a movie!”

I don’t understand myself or the world and why did this make me cry???