Category: Change Through Career
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Pandemic Portal
I heard a disembodied voice in my kitchen. Last night. And not just…a voice. A commercial. It was an entire commercial. An entire Cracker Barrel commercial. An entire Cracker Barrel commercial manifested itself in my kitchen last night. I don’t even really like Cracker Barrel. I mean, it’s ok. Just…it’s not the food I fantasize…
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The GJBeat Episode 13
When you work with “at-risk youth.” Children. Kids. The ones with the hard stories. The ones that have already racked up more to overcome in their first ten years, than I will in an entire lifetime. You do what you can to find ways to help them. Support them. Walk them through the overcoming. You…
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Anything But A Victim
Today was my last day at job number two. I think. Kind of. I mean, I carried my box of stuff out of the little folding table that serves as my office in the corner of someone else’s cubicle. Over the year I was there, I went from an office. To a cubicle. To a…
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We Have To Do SOMETHING
It took me a while to finish this book. I recommend it if you are unaware of how our foster system has developed over the years or have an interest in the topic. Just … don’t expect happy. It’s not Annie. I’ve spent the past several weeks desperately hoping for an ending that might give…
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Why Employers Should Hire Runners
Like, specifically. You should actively recruit runners. I’ll explain why. Runners are really healthy, so we’ll help keep your insurance costs down. We tend to eat better … some of us. We get sick less often, so we call out less often. Now, there are breeds of runners (trail runners, ultra runners, OCR runners) that…
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Shining Through Imposter Syndrome
Have you heard of this? It’s been around a while, but I’ve only recently begun to understand how it applies to me. If you’re not familiar, basically the Imposter Syndrome is a fear of being discovered as not being smart enough or good enough or … enough. Being a fraud. It’s an inability to internalize…
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Scared Straight Back to Juvie
Ok. This one’s gonna be a long one. Mostly complain-y. I’m kinda in the “I reallllllly need to punch someone in the throat” headspace right now. I’ve spent the last hour screaming obscenities at the television. It’s possible that there are some hormonal fluctuations contributing to my language choices, but this … it’s just so…
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Fighting the War on Kids
When I got home from work today, I walked into my living room to see this gorgeous bookshelf my father made me. Of course, I immediately began to stress about how to decide which books would be housed in this stunning home. Too many choices. I don’t do well with too many choices. Based on…
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It’s Time For Change
How I determined that I was not, in fact, having an identity crisis and that I was, instead, surrounded by too much inspiration.