Category Archives: Career Journal
Mental illness
As a mentally ill person, I say: Your mental illness is not your fault, but it is your responsibility to manage. Your mental illnesses can cause you to make mistakes and treat others poorly, and you certainly deserve some grace … Continue reading
Hands-on or Hands-off ?
Autonomy above all. I believe in giving as much autonomy as possible so much so that we, the founders, need to be retrained periodically on how our system works. For example, we recently spent a full day at our warehouse learning … Continue reading
Thoughtful Emotions
Stop brushing your emotions away when you’re feeling something you don’t like, such as disappointment, don’t pretend you’re not feeling it. Accept that you will experience difficult emotions. This changes the relationship you have with these emotions. it boosts your level … Continue reading
Passive-Aggressive: Examples
The origami flower fluttered out of my career journal. When I unwrapped and smoothed it out, it revealed notes from a work shop I had taken during graduate school. The page read: Sometimes people unintentionally inconvenience you. For example, they may find … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 