Boardwalk

This trail is near the start of the C&O Canal Towpath bike trail. It goes around an old canal boat and leads to the gravel path next to the Potomac River. That goes all the way to Washington, D.C.

I've been having a rough few weeks. I've been angry, depressed and down on myself. One of my friends got an amazing promotion, and though I am happy for her, I feel so bad about myself. She works at my former job. If they had hired me instead of let my contract expire, hire someone else and let him quit a few months later, I could be in her shoes. Not that I'd want to work on the business desk in London, which is what she's doing, but maybe there could have been other opportunities for me. I see people there get promoted all the time. Even the manager who was hired when I was there recently left to a better position elsewhere in the company.

It makes me so angry. I was a good worker. I didn't argue. I did meaningful work. But they hired some guy instead who quit a short while later. And everyone else gets to keep their cushy jobs. I made $20,000 more there than I do now, and I'd probably be making more since they have a union and get raises. Instead, I'm stagnating. I'm getting worse at the only thing I've ever been good at. There are zero opportunities to advance. My career is a mess. I feel so bad.