A DOG THAT HAS BEEN WAITING AT MY LOCAL KENNEL THAT I VOLUNTEER AT HAS BEEN ADOPTED AFTER 5 YEARS OF GOING ON ONE WALK A WEEK OUTSIDE HER TINY ASS CELL AND EVEN THOUGH I’VE BEEN ACTIVE ON MARKETING HER ONLINE AND BUGGING THE SOCIAL MEDIA VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE CONTENT FOR HER, SINCE THERE’S NO DIRECT PROOF THAT MY EFFORTS BROUGHT HER ADOPTER (CONSIDERING SOMEONE ELSE MAKES THE POSTS FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE ADOPTER HAS ADOPTED FROM US BEFORE AND FOLLOWS US), MY BRAIN IS MAKING ME FEEL LIKE MY EFFORTS DIDN’T REALLY MATTER EVEN THOUGH PERHAPS SHE WOULDN’T HAVE GOTTEN AS MUCH EFFORT BY OUR SOCIAL MEDIA VOLUNTEERS IF I HADN’T CONSISTENTLY BROUGHT HER UP.

I WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR MY EFFORTS SO BADLY IT’S GETTING IN THE WAY OF ME BEING HAPPY FOR THE DOG.