One of my favorite tropes is the fish out of water scenario—someone thrown into a situation that’s completely out of their comfort zone and having to flail away until he or she finds their feet.
I think one of the reasons this trope resonates so strongly with me is that I’ve always felt that way. No matter the situation—whether navigating the politics of high school or college, moving across country for a relationship that ended before the plane landed (don’t ask…), or facing a new challenge at work—I never shake the feeling of standing in the middle of a whirlwind, things flying past me just out of reach of my fingers. I know I need to grab those things if I expect to fit in, to make a connection, to become competent, but I’m also terrified something could fly out of the cyclone at any moment and whack me in the face.
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