Y'all, I Cried At Work Today :'X

[Slumber]

I was presenting at the company all hands and I was so happy to report some good news about the project I was leading this quarter. And then the presentation got kind of heavy with the news about the US, since we work with nonprofits, and then when it was my turn I just started crying, lmao. :X

I talked about how my grandmother passed during this quarter, how hard it was to focus at work, how it felt like my efforts were for nothing. And yet it ended up being enough to help get a project for the company finished that actually made a huge impact into how quickly we can fix bugs. Like, our engineers solved a Priority 1 bug (a big deal) in one morning. I've never seen something get resolved so fast. And it was totally because of the work my project accomplished. We didn't even meet all the goals we wanted to, and yet we still had an impact!! And somehow having to share that good news made me want to cry, lmao.

I was so embarrassed. I still am. >_> I'm going to be kicking myself for weeks about it. But a ton of people told me how emotional it made them to hear what I had to say and felt inspired and thanked me for being so honest and vulnerable. And my boss and I had our 1-on-1 right after and they were like, "You shouldn't feel ashamed at all!" It was really nice. I'm just still...really embarrassed, lmao.

And also. Totally emotionally exhausted. Ugh. I feel good and also so fragile. Like after a really good cry. :X

[TrikznHeartbreaker]

it's ok to show emotion, you are a hooman after all (when not being a fursona *snicker*) so it's ok to let your guard down once in a while. you did a good job

[Slumber]

it's ok to show emotion, you are a hooman after all (when not being a fursona *snicker*) so it's ok to let your guard down once in a while. you did a good job

Thank you, Trikz. :X

[bunwizard_tammy]

i think its important to show good emotions like that! being vulnerable about how you feel makes people feel better imo!

[Slumber]

i think its important to show good emotions like that! being vulnerable about how you feel makes people feel better imo!

I really hope so!!