[rublev]

>I reflect on this story often, as it is a reminder that to those whose only concern is their next meal or the snakes in the grass, they need not fret the ghosts of the future or the past.

I remember when I quit my job way back. Stayed alone in my apartment for 6 months without seeing anyone and was drowning in debt learning a whole host of tech that was way out of my depth at the time (in order to find a better job, which I did). My now GF asks me how I 'got through it' and I have a tough time explaining that when reality hits you don't really have time to be depressed or feel anything. Just 'do'. Like some survival switch turns on.

It's a good story. My parents immigrated from a communist country after many years and they don't understand 'mental illness' or anything related. Every question is just met with 'there was no time for it'.