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🐸 EVERYTHING WE LEFT BEHIND: Getting Fired, Finding Frogs & Other Totally Normal ThingsWhat happens when you lose your job, question your sanity, and open your bathroom door to discover a neon-green alternate universe run by a frog in a business tie?Welcome back to Born to Ramble, where this week I’m doing something I absolutely love: reading hilarious stories by writers I discover on Substack.Today’s story is “Everything We Left Behind” by Aparna Sangam, a wonderfully weird, Kafkaesque office satire about Oliver, a perfectly ordinary corporate employee whose perfectly ordinary life gets spectacularly un-ordinary.First, Oliver gets fired.Not dramatically. Not even angrily.His boss basically says, “Hey, we're restructuring, your entire department is being eliminated, here's your severance, please leave your badge.”Then Oliver goes home, questions every decision he's ever made, remembers being a kid with an imagination, discovers that his $80 calendar app subscription has renewed despite the fact that he no longer has a job—and then opens his bathroom door.And there's a frog.In a suit.Who knows what Oliver likes for lunch.Of course there is.🐸 Today's episode includes:The Job Report, but this time we're focusing on the GOOD stuff.My theory that there's only one thing separating self-employment from unemployment: money.An update on my Write NOW! creative writing classes and community.Why I've started reading stories from fellow writers on Substack.The wonderfully chaotic origin story of Shitshow Creative.A little background on comedy writer Justin Kramm.An introduction to writer Aparna Sangam.A reading of “Everything We Left Behind.”Childhood imagination vs. adult misery.✍️ Why I Loved This StoryThere is something hilarious—and painfully true—about watching Oliver go from “I'm just trying to finish this PowerPoint” to “Why is my bathroom opening into a magical dimension where a frog knows my lunch order?”The story takes the absurdity of modern work life and pushes it just far enough into the surreal that you can't help but laugh.And I LOVE that.It's Kafka meets corporate America meets LinkedIn hell.If you've ever stared at a PowerPoint presentation and wondered where your childhood dreams went...If you've ever received an automated LinkedIn notification immediately after losing your job...If you've ever paid for a subscription to something you absolutely no longer need...this one's for you.❤️ The Bigger Thing I Love About This EpisodeI'm becoming increasingly obsessed with the community of writers I've found on Substack.There are so many smart, funny, strange, talented people writing incredible stories who may not have huge audiences yet.And I get to discover them.Then I get to read their stories out loud.And honestly? That makes me ridiculously happy.So if you're a writer on Substack—or you're someone who loves discovering new writers—come ramble with me.And if you're interested in writing yourself, come join one of my creative writing sessions on Skool Write NOW!We're talking character development, dialogue, subtext, plot, storytelling and all the wonderfully weird stuff that makes writing fun.Because maybe you don't need another productivity system.Maybe you need a frog in a tiny business tie.🐸 FIND APARNA SANGAMIf you enjoyed “Everything We Left Behind,” go find Aparna and read more of her work. This story is part of a seriesAnd please check out Justin Kramm and Shitshow Creative, too—especially if you've ever worked in marketing and thought, “Surely we're all just making this up as we go.”🎙️ ABOUT BORN TO RAMBLEBorn to Ramble with Nikki Settelmeyer is a podcast about stories, writing, creativity, career chaos, motherhood, getting older, getting weirder, and whatever else happens when I turn on the microphone.Sometimes I tell my own stories.Sometimes I talk about writing.Sometimes I read stories by other writers.And sometimes a frog becomes my boss.You really can't predict this show.Subscribe, follow, share, leave a comment, and come ramble with me.And if you're a writer with a story you'd like me to consider reading on the podcast, I'd love to hear from you.Join My Creative Writing CommunityWant to write your own stories?Join me in the Write NOW! community on Skool, where I'm building a space for people who want to write, learn, share stories, and reconnect with their creative voice.Join my writing community, Write NOW! On Skool! Get full access to Born to Ramble at borntoramble.substack.com/subscribe
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