If I Were Born Earlier, I’d Be Dead

When painful things happen in your life, you tend to turn to your friends. Sometimes it’s a close friend, sometimes it’s someone you’ve met once, or perhaps you’ve never met them at all and know them entirely online. Last week (without boring you with the details) was one of my more poignantly awful mental health weeks I’ve experienced — a crippling loneliness mixed with an embarrassment and sadness that I hadn’t faced in quite some time. I’m not looking for your sympathy — and, indeed, if you were expecting a remote work newsletter today you’re going to be disappointed — but something has…