I Stayed In A Miserable Role Because I Was Afraid A New One Would Yield The Same Misery

I was afraid of jumping from the frying pan into the fire; I was already in the fire…

Krystal Blu <3
7 min readJul 7, 2022

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.”

— John F. Kennedy

Y’all, I know that it has been quite a while since I’ve been on here to share a piece of my life — mostly because in order to do so, to communicate, to write, I have to come from a place of clarity.

To receive such clarity, I have to distance myself from noise — external and internal — so that I may cohesively formulate my thoughts and emotions into a comprehensive body.

With that being said, SO much has drastically changed in my life, thus my absence from writing on Medium.com has not been an unproductive absence.

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My absence has been fueled by the loathing of my previous life circumstances, between my job, family and relationships, and the reality that those factors had began taking a severe toll on my mental and emotional health.

A severe toll.

After a thorough and deep, deep period of examination, reflection, contemplation (all of those words…

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Krystal Blu <3

An Ordinary Chick Journaling The Good Stuff & Fuckery Along Her Life’s Journey | Feminist | Gypsy Soul | Soft Rebel ❤