Perhaps a leader.

Are you a leader or a follower?

Perhaps I am a leader because of my career as a peer support worker in mental health.  I think the work I achieved in mental health paved the way for those lived experience workers who followed me.  I tried to be a good role model, which I largely achieved,  bur I did occasionally have a relapse of my symptoms, and this was frowned upon by some of my employers.   It couldn’t be helped, though, because I never know what curve balls life will throw at me.   I do the best I can and manage my  illness well on a day to day basis.  I try to be the best version of myself and find writing ✍️ about my life in this blog is both empowering and fulfilling.   If writing ✍️ about my life informs and paves the way for people like me to follow, then I guess I am still a leader and a role model.