i am a copywriter. i got laid off a few months ago, and i am looking for a new, full-time job. in the meantime, i packed up the apartment i lived in for almost 7 years and moved back home. now i am living in brooklyn with my mom, and slowly going insane.

Monday, January 18, 2010

my brain is turning to mush

lately everything is exhausting, and i mean everything. people, daily errands, my mother. especially my mother. plus, it seems like everything takes me longer. it's like i am living in a vortex where time speeds up, but i slow down. i am in a weird time warp where i feel like i am either moving backwards or losing time.

i feel like in the amount of time that i have been unemployed i've gotten slower and stupider. or dumber. or both. words escape me. the other day i was writing something and i couldn't think of the word i wanted to use. it wasn't austere or severe, and it still escapes me. that was two days ago. i really have gotten dumber. so i am struggling with that. i feel like my brain is atrophying. maybe this is some weird darwinian-like experiment where only the smartest of the species survive.

i am trying to read more so that i can keep my brain engaged, hoping that someone else's words and brilliance, depending on the author, can act as a life preserver for my intellect.

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