Jun 24, 2021
Dystopian Nightmare
As we prepare to have the Most Turnt Summer Ever, let’s not forget what we just lived through, y’all.
For the past several weeks I’ve been geeking out on how everyone is responding to society’s reopening differently. I find it so fascinating; I want to talk about it with you for 14 hours.
Even me—I’m a walking contradiction. I’ve been going around saying how NICE it was to have a break in 2020—how a year without travel or a million weekend plans was actually super restorative and calming for my brain, because so many of the “HSP” things were removed, they were universally agreed upon, they were a given. I didn’t have to say no to anyone, but I still didn’t have to do the things.
It’s funny because it totally skips over the part where my entire routine dissolved into a haze of late mornings, halfhearted exercise attempts, and lots of potato chips. It’s funny because I was a fucking wreck for the first, like, eight months (don’t forget we had an election in 2020; don’t forget Black Lives Matter; don’t forget the attempted coup on the Capitol building)…
In summation, 2020 was a great year for HSPs, but only if you leave out the whole dystopian nightmare part.
About Sam
Samantha Pollack is a Copywriter & Creative Director who works with ethically minded, mission driven businesses who are actively trying to reshape our culture (and possibly tear down the patriarchy). She’s also the founder of The Highly Sensitive Business Owner, a 12-week online program that helps HSPs & neurodivergent business owners create healthier, more sustainable systems in their work.
Sam also writes about feminism, privilege, pop culture, entrepreneurship, the creative process, and whatever else is on her mind. She currently lives in Asheville, NC.
Emails for cult thought leaders.
(Personality included.)
Want to learn how to craft emails that inspire action and engagement WITHOUT the “tried and true” (cough: patriarchal) norms we’ve all been taught?
I’m doing it, and I can show you how to do it, too.
(But sometimes, I also like to write about the books I’m reading, or the creative process, or the entrepreneurial experience, or why I hate Steve Jobs, or how I met my BFF. I’ll send you emails like that, too.)
*Just kidding. It’s only an email list.
Books. Cats. Rants. Drawrings.
(and every couple months or so, an unexplained absence 🤷🏻)
