I’ll be honest, anger has been my greatest test in life lately. Now what?

Ricardo J Reyna Jr
5 min readMay 16, 2024

Time for me to be brutally honest.

Photo by Ben Rosett on Unsplash

The words I love to spread awareness about; while also trying to learn how to cross the balance beam of those words myself, as carefully as possible.

Back in very late 2022 I was briefly laid off from a Supervisor position that paid well. During the same time, there was an offer on the table to earn an even bigger salary, with perks & benefits, PLUS commissions on top of everything.

The offer letter couldn’t have come at a better time! My wife and I were super excited, all I had to do was start the background check and then wait.

During that period of life though, I was also privately & publicly (to some extent) experiencing an internal struggle, very deeply, while also juggling content creation, a podcast, book writing, family time, etc., etc.

I was just laid off, so receiving the offer letter, only numbed the pain temporarily. Although, as a young adult, I’ve got a bit of a history. Ended up, that my background wasn’t clear with the company, and unfortunately, the offer was rescinded.

Another let-down.

So, motivation, inspiration, hopes, dreams, everything, just disappeared as quickly as a cloud from a fart, and I was the one left…

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Ricardo J Reyna Jr

I'm nobody; telling people they're somebody. #mentalhealth #ptsd #schizophrenia #bipolardisorder #self-development #productivity #life