It was kinda like trying to scramble up Mount Everest without any equipment or technical skills. 😬 Can you relate?
A year later, I moved into the book department, and a few years later, I found myself in what I thought was going to be my dream job.
But a few months into that job, I almost got fired. 😰
That was my worst nightmare.
I wondered how I would be able to take care of my four kids if I lost my job. I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown. I’d show up at work, and as soon as I turned on my computer, my hands would start shaking and sweating. I’d leave the office at lunchtime and go sit in my car and cry and pray.
At night I would toss and turn and wake up in panic attacks. Have you ever felt so horribly misjudged?
As the firing squad kept writing me up for every little mistake I made, I started looking for something I could fall back on or move into if I had to leave book publishing...