Note to readers: This is a review of my personal journal from my time as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic more than a decade ago. I have done my best not to change what I wrote, even if I feel differently now. Part of the joy of reading old journals is seeing a story arc where I’ve learned new things.
Possible mental disasters & eventualities
- The drought of loneliness
- A tornado of becoming convinced of my own incompetence
- A y2k computer malfunction of making an inexcusably stupid mistake
- Nuclear war: making an inexcusably huge mistake
- Terrorist bomb: disrespect from others
- Downward spirals of self-hate can cause a tropical storm
- Multiple successive mental disasters on a tropical island could cause a tropical depression
The next entry is Today sucked ass, while the entry before this one is The first day I hate Peace Corps. You can see the journal entries as I post them here.If you’re just starting, here’s the first entry in the series.
