START WITH THE STORY
Everyone carries something to work.
Read “Glitter Shoes,” a true story from The Weight of Monday.
It arrives quietly, with quote cards from the book and occasional updates on new writing and small gifts.
“A small moment at work opens a whole life. No lessons, no polish, just a person carrying love and fear into an ordinary room. You recognize yourself.”
I’m Gideon Harris.
For years, I’ve listened to people talk about work. Not in conference rooms or resumes, but in the moments when they let their guard down. The strain they carry quietly. The effort it takes just to show up.
Some of those stories began circulating online, shared by people who recognized themselves in them. Not because they were looking for advice, but because they felt seen.
The Weight of Monday grew out of those moments. It’s a collection of true stories about work as it’s actually lived. About holding yourself together while life keeps pressing in. About what never makes it into job titles, but shapes how a day feels.
The first chapter is called “Glitter Shoes.” It opens with a small, ordinary moment most people recognize immediately, even if they’ve never talked about it out loud.
If you’d like to read that opening chapter, you’re welcome to start there.
From the opening chapter, “Glitter Shoes”
“Can I bring my daughter with me?”
That’s what he asked the night before his final interview.
Quietly.
Almost hesitantly.
“She’s 4.
I couldn’t find childcare last minute.
I totally understand if it’s a dealbreaker.”
It wasn’t.
The words hung there between us.
Simple.
Human.
A father asking permission.
Not for himself,
but for her.
Because sometimes the hardest part of showing up is showing up with your whole life in tow.
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