It’s fantastic that many employers are now willing to make accommodations for people with extra needs. My 20-something cousin has cystic fibrosis and a promising career. Unthinkable 20 years ago. Her employer lets her work around hospital appointments and even lets her have a longer lunch break to take medication. In the 80s two of my aunts died from CF, both in their 20s and they had no chance of a job. They were treated like lepers and even well meaning people would have told them not to work. But working and contributing is something that humans need whether it’s paid or unpaid or volunteer or caring within the home we need to be busy.
Victoria is a 40 year old woman who spends her days putting stickers into a journal and scheduling “coffee” She lives in a fantasy world, sitting indoors planning her next Disney trip. She has nothing to occupy her, doesn’t even have a dog to get her out and about and give some structure to her day. Going to a coffee shop is “busy”
Her idleness, despondency, living in the clouds might look prettier and posher than the unemployed people on my parent’s estate who sit around drinking tea, going down to the bookies and punctuating the boredom with a few cans or a joint. But they’re the same problems. I’ve been unemployed. It’s not easy to do nothing everyday! It will do your head in if you’re not careful. Victoria’s issue isn’t her TM, it’s mental at this point and she desperately needs counselling/a life coach/a kick up the arse.
