Preface I met Brian Tremml, the director of the documentary film The Water Is My Sky , during my junior year of college in 2023, when I sought counseling from Butler University's Counseling & Consultation Services department. Brian was working there as a counselor at the time, and he and I worked together for that spring semester, as well as the following academic year through private practice until I graduated in April 2024. Brian and I remain good friends and keep in touch.

I originally started writing this piece on July 31 of this year, pulled back to my keyboard with the strong will to write after seeing what I consider to be a stand-out movie – one of the first I’d seen in a theater in a while. The next day, work was a hassle, the next week I moved to a different state, and I continued to find excuses not to finish the article - until watching the same film with my friends the other night. So here it is… In the original draft of this article,

Growing up, I was obsessed with The Office. I would watch any re-run I could find on TV and re-watched the two episodes that my family...