So I listen to this podcast called Heroine (I think a lot of posts are gonna start 'I listen to this podcast') and it had this series of minisodes about 10 creative blocks. The last one was being overly independent.

That's always been a big problem for me. I find myself incapable of asking for help. It's a sign of weakness and failure. I am 24 years old. I should be able to put together a resume on my own. I should be able to get an interview on my own. It shouldn't be that hard.

Except somewhere between the empowerment of the 80s/90s and now it became nigh impossible to get what my mother calls a 'grownup job' without knowing the CEO of the fucking company, or at least knowing someone in HR.

The country became obsessed with intellectualism and suddenly a college degree became worthless. I shouldn't need my BA to be a fucking secretary. I could answer phones and organize a schedule when I was in high school. Pick a diferent way to weed people out.

(I really don't care if that's an improper use of intellectualism)