Grieving During the Holidays and Other Special Events #grief #personaldevelopment #personal #holidays #life

The start of December is always tough for me and has been for some years. Having a birthday near Christmas is always tough because all my birthdays get lumped in with everyone else getting gifts or some such attention.

I feel like this is a safe space so I'm going to share something personal: there is a colleague who works in my office suite who I really can't stand. I used to think it was because I don't like the competition of being the office diva, but it's something else.

When writing my first book in 2019, I had many thoughts about the experience, which included the statement "How come no one told me...' more often than not. So I began to chronicle those experiences. This Medium newsletter hasn't been updated but many of the previous articles are free.

I took a group of students to Orlando, took them to a Buca di Beppo, and this is the only picture I took!

My Italian queen!

I love that the new Leonardo documentary on @pbs.org.web.brid.gy tonight talked about his alleged lover(s).

Thank you @kenlburns.bsky.social for showing us our forefathers as part of this production!

"And so here we are, a week after the election, wondering where we should put our energy.

"And I am choosing to put my energy into joy."

Thank you @editorialboard.bsky.social for the much-needed inspiration. I am now ready to lead the resistance with whatever needs to be done!

Grief is weird. Yesterday I made a delicious pot of pinto beans and like I told my husband last night, it was the closest I have felt to my mom and grandma - like the ancestors blessed me with the perfect timing of the beans!

The recent election showed me that there is much work to do, but some of it doesn't involve me doing the work. Why?

“I no longer have the responsibility to talk about race and racism with White people.“

“I Am (Not) White, Right?“

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Tips on How to Tell Your Boss You're Burned Out #burnout #work #jobs #management

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Getting Hired as a Manager When You’ve Never Managed #work #levelup #management #jobs

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I have tried to imagine a disruptive behavior that matches what I want or need in the world. Joy seems to fit the best right now.

I am a monthly blogger on Medium and I am struggling with ideas related to how I plan to move forward in the new (but not) normal.

Every time I think I have narrowed down a topic I keep coming back to how White supremacy is at the core of most problems within the US. 1/

I gave up my X account but am finally making a commitment to using this site to stay connected.