Highs, lows, and everything in between
It's been awhile since I've last taken the time to sit and write reflections of my service. I have a handful of incomplete posts and a few more ideas, but I recently went through a season of burnout and found it difficult to feel motivated about daily work let alone writing about it. The first five months or so of service were rough for many reasons - living adjustments, new relationships, loss, persistent hyper-visibility, self-doubt. I had been so excited to become a Peace Corps volunteer and continue my understanding of the world that I was unaware of just how much living in Uganda had taken a toll on my mental state and how it impacted my ability to love this place. My service felt empty and I did not know what to do to make it better. I was unmotivated to do activities because I saw the emptiness behind most of them and could not bring myself to do an activity for busy work. Not to mention, my lack of community fervor left me feeling like I was not d...