Job Searching Was Wrecking My Mental Health—So I Did This Instead

Essence Magazine:

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In the first half of 2025, reportedly over 300,000 Black women lost their jobs. Months after that report came out, I too lost mine.

I wasn’t surprised when it happened. There had been so many changes within the company in that year alone. So at some point, I knew my job wasn’t safe. Lo and behold, I was right. I had already begun my

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