Thank you for sharing this and your blurb about your industry! Reading about your work and your area was all very interesting to me, and I hope you’ll share another diary after you get that raise. 🙂 I hope you’ll feel more confident about things at work – I feel you on those small victories!As a forest ecology grad student who is leery of the seasonal fieldwork path, I loved Driving my husband crazy one Goat at a time shirt so much! Go women in forestry!! And for the record I think you’re doing well financially considering your past jobs, and I definitely don’t fault your for splurging on some fun stuff like plants and nail polish. Nothing wrong with thatThis was such a great read! I also wanted to give some tips about anxiety related apps, I use the calm app for general meditation and for help to sleep and I REALLY like it. I also use the Down Dog app for yoga and I they have a few yoga options that are really low impact that I find help a lot with my anxietyUgh this was my dream career in college but I ultimately didn’t pursue it because I was afraid of the instability. Still wish I’d done a season or two of seasonal work 🙁 Im jealous of you, you’re killing i