I think the thing I always attempt to do when in the middle of a crisis is assess the situation as objectively as possible. After the initial shock dies down, I tend to sitrep the events in my head (and sometimes on paper) to start looking at the “truths” of a situation at any given moment.

Not the emotions. Just the facts:

• I was now living in my house alone, (save for the tenants).
• I was physically, (but not legally) separated from my husband.
• I was working a steady freelance gig that paid my rate.
• I had new tenants.
• I had to wash the dishes.
• I had to get the clothes out of the dryer.
• I had just fed the cats.

But how did I get here?

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