I’ll say upfront I only have passing knowledge of these two, but I read Sam’s post and while I think that objectively speaking, stepping back from the industry is something more of her peers should do, in my opinion just reading that specific post gave me strong “depression decision” vibes. If you’ve ever been in that place where you just want to throw away some part of your life because (1) your energy just isn’t there and so you attribute it to the ‘thing’ rather than try and get yourself back on track, and (2) you can’t find joy in the day to day things, or much else, and (3) the things you’ve dedicated time and commitment to just suddenly seem stupid and pointless... It comes out as a ‘You won’t see me here/I don’t want any of this’ kind of dejected and annoyed sounding decision, but one that makes a strangely bold statement about giving something up permanently because you have no feelings toward it anymore.
I get that might seem an unfair assessment because stepping away from something CAN be joyful and energetic and forward thinking. But it didn’t have the vibe of someone who is optimistic and has entered a new phase of their life, rather one that sounds sad and irritated and like they want to get rid of the things around them that must make them feel that way. I didn’t get any real sense of emotion, more of a requisite ‘yeah it’s been a while, you must feel something about this so I’ll pretend to’ vibe... Even her replies to her peers who were writing nice things were void of sentiment or attachment.
Idk it’ll be interesting to see where this goes... she’s stated clearly that she’s leaving so it’ll be interesting if she is down and depressed right now and starts to feel better eventually, what will happen.
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