Were Our Parents Right?
Why did we grow up, amigas? Life is so expensive. Health insurance is so pricey. I do not understand why America does not want me to live a healthy, insured life. I'm tired of this grandpa! Pero frfr, that's genuinely how my brain sounds some days.
If I ground myself & put my therapist hat back on, I realize there is no way to stop aging & I do not think aging is even a bad thing. I do not know about y’all, but I don’t think I was ever warned about what adulthood was going to be like & I definitely do not think our parents could have foreshadowed our current state of the world. It all feels heavy.
As a child of immigrants, I do not really have anyone to turn to for guidance on things like how to start a business, how to market my own practice, or someone who could explain to me what marketplace insurance actually is. Honestly, it sucks having to navigate all of this alone (Me & Google 🤝🏽) & it probably would be easier if my parents had experience with this.
I want to clarify something important here, I do not hold any resentment towards my parents for this. They were busy working to make ends meet in a new country, surviving in a whole different way so this was not something they were ever taught either.
Learning all of this myself has been A LOT & tiring y no me gusta amigas, pero hay que seguir luchando. I remind myself that yes, it would have been easier if this or that, but that did not happen & I want my business to flourish therefore I want to continue to learn in order to do so. I want to build something that's actually mine.
I am sharing all this to remind y'all that yes, I am a licensed clinical social worker, pero I am also just a brown girl out here trying to create a space for herself, figuring it out one confusing insurance form at a time.
We all have our own stories & our own goals we wish to accomplish & some of you may also not be able to lean on your parents for this kind of guidance either. If that resonates with you, I am here to tell you that you can do it. It will be tough & there will be moments you want to give up, but please don't because you are more than capable. Please believe that ✨
