2023-08-21                         from the editor of ~insom
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   It's my last week of work at Shopify. I'm swimming in
   feelings.

   I worked there for seven years. I moved to Canada for it.

   It's impossible to separate my initial experiences in this
   country from my job: the first days it snowed when I came
   home from work, waiting for the bus in the Winter, coming
   home and sharing whatever new lingo I'd learned in the day.

   Work was the main place I met Canadians, given that my
   family is all British -- although Shopify was reasonably
   diverse and many folks had moved here just like me -- I was
   just as likely to share some new Argentinian expression.

   I have nostalgia for people who I used to work with who have
   left and when things were simpler (either for me, or in
   general). Soon, I'll have nostalgia for the people who are
   still there, who I have left.

   I have a really specific feeling for when it's dark outside
   but there's ~3000K light and cork floors, the place is
   half-empty and the office felt warm and pleasant. I don't
   think I have felt as cozy in any place outside of my home:
   that's a weird thing for a place of work, but I will miss
   that.