# I know I’m working hard and sometimes I can see it

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Podcast: [The Nuance Diaries](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nuance-diaries-7119430)
Published: 2026-06-21T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://thenuancediaries.substack.com/p/i-know-im-working-hard-and-sometimes
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SUBSCRIBE Read The Start Of It All Read '5 Life Lessons From The Devil Wears Prada 2' Book a Coaching Session with Me! Welcome back to The Nuance Diaries! I’ve been playing around with how I describe what I write about here, and recently landed on this: “Unfiltered alchemy from your most unhinged group chat. Consider my vulnerability a permission slip for yours.” I kind of love it. Thoughts? I wrote this song around 3 years ago now. It was inspired by a conversation with one of my best friends last weekend. A specific sentence that she said inspired the whole thing, and that specific sentence is in the song - verbatim. I’ll let you guess what it is (or you can just listen to the voiceover where I’ll tell you!) Highly recommend listening to this one if you’re usually a reader. Highly recommend listening to The Nuance Diaries in general, honestly. It’s not a robot voice - I read them! Can’t see where my life is headin’ But I can see the bottom of my sink And that might not mean much to you But Lord it means everything to me And I cannot remember The last day that I went without a drink But today I did my dishes And that’s gonna have to be enough for me I think myself in circles As I sit here sprawled on the couch I have all these great ambitions Sometimes I even write a few down And I cannot remember The last time that I believed in me But today I did my dishes And that’s gonna have to be enough for me I know I’m working hard And sometimes I can see it They say I’m doing fine Maybe one day I’ll believe it This is a great big world And I am just one girl I wanna do everything And nothing at all I’m gonna try to work on Not feeling so small I’m gonna try to work on Thinking I can have it at all But for now I’ll clean my closet Do my dishes Sing this song Can’t see where my…

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