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I was ready to throw my computer out the window in I was ready to throw my computer out the window in July. By late August I am excited about challenges again.⁠ ⁠ Two months ago I got laid off from my anchor gig. Instead of panic-applying to everything, I'm taking a pause — resting my brain, cleaning up projects that piled up while I was working, having strategic conversations, and intentionally widening what I'm exploring next.⁠ ⁠ Not because I have it easy or a trust fund to chill on! But I want to be both ready and excited for whatever's next, not just relieved to have landed somewhere.⁠ ⁠ New post is up: Notes on Resting, Widening the Scope, and Getting Ready for What's Next After a Layoff 👇⁠ ⁠ Link to blog in bio.⁠ ⁠ #sabbatical #millennialentrepreneur #burnout #layoffrecovery #jobsearch
After a summer of resting... An idea for my next b After a summer of resting... An idea for my next business project dropped in fully formed last week. Did I drop everything to grind on it? NO. Did I start micro testing it by talking to some people? YES Did I get enough initial validation to decide to proceed? Yes!! And then did I stop drop and grind? NOoooOoOooo I'm not going in hot. I'm going in GROUNDED. Tactical. Experimental. Here's to new ideas, wisely grown #smallbusiness #innovation #designthinkingprocess #queerbusiness #careergrowth
What's something big you said no to, that opened u What's something big you said no to, that opened up a lot of space for you? I'll start: - no to compulsory female obedience in an evangelical paradigm - no to mean bosses at shitty jobs - no to beauty standards (xtra no when these are enforced to reify compulsory heteronormativity) Saying no is often a prerequisite to saying yes, especially for folks raised in high control environments. And it's beautiful: no, nope, NO!! #nodadsnobosses #nothanks #nottodaysatan
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Not sure this bodes well for how this organization Not sure this bodes well for how this organization handles people...😵‍💫 #jobsearch #onewayinterview #experiencedesign #jobinterviews #remotework
Let's talk about the secret third thing, where we Let's talk about the secret third thing, where we handle our financial needs because it's ok to be resourced and good to be able to see yourself as part of an interdependent community, no one is making you be shitty if you have money (eg it's a choice to be greedy and put profits over people and planet), and it's mythology to only plan for as fragile a system as the nuclear family
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