I was deciding today whether to bring my work laptop to my kid's sporting event, then I remembered this post and honouring free time. This and your other posts are making me think a lot more about how I should think about work, thank you!
Wow Sabra this one really hits deep! It’s so true that many of us are “motivated” by anxiety and clout - and it works so well for the corporate system!! Time for me to journal again tonight reflecting on this post. I hope you’re loving your best life on the other side of the earth! 🥰
as someone who’s only a year into her career in tech (and already struggling with setting boundaries with work/life) I really appreciate your insights and reminders about what’s important and what to think about to avoid wasting my twenties chasing the wrong validation!
You're clearly already far ahead of where I was in my twenties in even recognizing that boundaries were being broken -- so glad this may help you save just a bit more time than I did! :)
I was deciding today whether to bring my work laptop to my kid's sporting event, then I remembered this post and honouring free time. This and your other posts are making me think a lot more about how I should think about work, thank you!
ahh so delighted to hear that.. :) thanks so much for sharing Sidney!
Wow Sabra this one really hits deep! It’s so true that many of us are “motivated” by anxiety and clout - and it works so well for the corporate system!! Time for me to journal again tonight reflecting on this post. I hope you’re loving your best life on the other side of the earth! 🥰
haha thank you Val!!! <3
"I wasn’t working hard to have influence, to achieve some goal. I was working hard to feel influence. Validation was the goal."
So, so good! Thank you for sharing your reflections. They resonate with similar challenges I've been facing but couldn't quite articulate.
thanks AJ! :)
as someone who’s only a year into her career in tech (and already struggling with setting boundaries with work/life) I really appreciate your insights and reminders about what’s important and what to think about to avoid wasting my twenties chasing the wrong validation!
You're clearly already far ahead of where I was in my twenties in even recognizing that boundaries were being broken -- so glad this may help you save just a bit more time than I did! :)