im on a call with my director and im really sad about something that happened in my personal life and im holding in my tears waiting for this call to end so i can ball my eyes out

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Block out some time. Be honest with your boss you’re dealing with some personal stuff. You need to focus on yourself or else you’re only going to get worse.

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