Dear Diary,

Not exactly a line I ever thought would make it onto my decentralized social media, but here we are. I’ve got nothing left to lose.

I got let go today. No warning, not that I expected one, but you know how sometimes you can just feel it coming? Adding insult to injury, they told me it had “nothing to do with performance.” Ironically, this was one of my best weeks. Honestly, the past few weeks were some of my strongest at this job. So yeah, it stung. They chalked it up to "the nature of the startup lifecycle," but let’s be real it’s just another casualty of the larger economic collapse happening all around us.

I was sitting here, in tears, trying to find meaning in the mess that became my life — all in a five-minute Slack voice chat.
Yeah, you read that right. Not even the courtesy of a face-to-face conversation. A five-minute Slack call. Cool!

Losing a job unexpectedly can be devastating, especially when it's done impersonally. Hang in there, remember your worth isn't defined by this setback. Stay resilient and keep pushing forward.