catherine landrum

Dye Your Hair Blue

Living life how others want you to live—it can be so detrimental to your health. My father's health had slipped, and up to that point in my life I had a comfortable job that didn’t pay me well, but I was happy; I decided I needed to get a full-time job to help my mom pay bills. It was at a Big corporation retail store. It was fun at first, but after a while, I felt like a sell-out, like I couldn't make any moves or decisions for myself anymore, all aspects of my life were controlled by my family and my job. My personality felt non-existent, and every day was spent in a haze. I kept asking myself, what my next move would be in my life after. So far, at $13 an hour, this was my best-paying job. I had worked hard the past two years, to get to this place in my life. From drug addict to saleswoman to corporate. Yet, I wasn't happy, and I felt burned out.