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Why I Quit News Reporting
It seemed the perfect job. I would be getting paid to write. It was exactly what I wanted to do with my life...until it wasn't. Often I'll blame mental illness for it but I have to wonder exactly why I left. I do miss being the person who knew what was going on in my town. I knew that many writers started out reporting, so I figured I was "on my way" to greatness.
By Ethan H. Gaines4 years ago in Journal
The Art of Letting Go
Inevitably, in the course of networking, I get the question: What brought you to Chicago? The easy answer, the answer I give when the conversation hasn't yet reached any depth, is that I took a corporate position. Oftentimes this leads to follow up questions about where I came from, which tends to be far more interesting to people than what I do.
By Christa Leigh4 years ago in Journal
No Rest for the Wicked
I'm not ashamed of the fact that I hit a lot of milestones early in my life. I met my husband when I was seventeen and married him when I was nineteen. I was twenty when I miscarried a baby at eight weeks. That happened on a Sunday. I saw my doctor the following Monday morning. He performed an ultrasound , confirmed the absence of a heartbeat, and told me miscarriages are really very common and I was young. He cleared me to return to work the next day, and so I did. I worked at McDonald's at the time, for $4.30 an hour, and I had already violated the rules by calling in sick the day of the shift in order to go see the doctor. I couldn't dare take the next day off. Any mourning I'd be inclined to do would have to wait. Interestingly enough, the doctor never even mentioned my mental health, never pointed me in the direction of any resources for how to process what had happened to me, and at the time, the internet wasn't yet an alternative for information and support communities. So I just worked through it by working through it.
By Christa Leigh4 years ago in Journal
Support Your Staff With These 4 Points to Be a Leader
When you manage a team, you have an extra level of responsibility. But there are a significant number of differences between simply being a manager and evolving into a leader. According to Harvard Business Review, 30 is the average age of a first-time manager, whereas 40 is when people enrol on leadership training. 10 years is a lot of lost time that could’ve been spent developing leadership skills. Such a long period of time can result in bad habits being ingrained into your managerial style that may prevent you from improving.
By Alicia Walker4 years ago in Journal
What Does Neuroscience for Leadership mean and How Is It Going to Revolutionize Leadership in a Family, an Organization and a Community?
The Chemistry of Dealing with the Soft Stuffs Inside and Outside “Wetware: Human brain cells or thought processes regarded as analogous to, or in contrast with, computer systems.”-----Oxford English Dictionary
By Moshiur Rahman4 years ago in Journal
How to get started in the web industry with no commercial experience
Groundhog day Around 20 years ago I was struggling in a job with very long hours which was affecting my health physically and mentally. Even though the salary was great, it was a real gruelling type of gig. I'd get up at 4:30am for a day shift which would start at 5:30am and finish just before 6pm. Then the same the next day with a 24 hour gap before the two 12 hour night shifts would start, after which a blessed 4 days off to recover before rinsing and repeating the shift pattern once again.
By John Stephen Jones4 years ago in Journal
