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Just a few memories from two momentous months!

Marvelous May and Jubilant June.. with a Job!

I’ve opened and shut the Google doc where this post lives what feels like a thousand times (or alternatively left the tab in a sea of tabs until its title was unidentifiable). What I have to share is celebratory and exciting, so I was initially surprised by this writing block. But the months of May and June marked periods of transition, and those transitions, however positive, almost always include a sense of loss. And while…

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Notifications off.

My phone is on “do not disturb” for most of the day. The volume button has been shifted to “off”. The app icons do not have little red bubbles telling me how many items I’ve missed. I never see a banner message with a Gmail preview, and I uninstalled Outlook long before I left my job. My wrist does not buzz with any incoming transmissions. I try to use my phone when I need something…

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My big break motto

When I stepped away from full time employment without a specific plan, I needed a set of values to help prioritize my time and actions. (Honestly, all plans should start with organizing principles and priority setting, but in my experience we usually skip discussing values and go right to the plan). My decision to leave my job came from a place of needing to get out rather than having a vision for some wonderful future,…

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