The Social Power of the Workplace
Like many people worldwide, I spent much of this week feeling a sense of dread. I'm questioning what this election means for the environment and global conflict, freedom and safety for those who are most marginalized and vulnerable, and the future of healthcare...I could go on. I'm worried about what it means for a micro-business like mine that distinctively works to push back against systems that actively exploit and harm people. This work is already hard, and I'm worried it will get harder. I'm concerned about my own access to healthcare and support. I'm worried about my future.
The Bear and the trope that Suffering makes us Excellent
The third season of The Bear premiers tonight, and I’m deep in my feelings because when the trailer dropped I felt so let down. In what looked like a flashback, we hear Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) telling his late brother, Mikey (Jon Bernthal), “This will be a different kind of restaurant” only for the 2 minute 10 second trailer to show us exactly the same kind of restaurant we’ve seen now for decades: one ran by a tormented and traumatized chef trying to make his mark on the restaurant world by pursuing a Michelin Star.
Cool story, bro.
I’m Choosing Me.
I’ve been going back and forth about how to talk about this, but I think it’s best to be transparent and honest.
Y’all, I’ve been burned out these past few months in a really big way. Like, scary bad. I’ve studied burnout for almost 10 years now, so to say that I’m a bit embarrassed that it hit me so hard is an understatement, but it did.
The Psychological Contract
You know that feeling when you start a job, and you have expectations of what that job will be like? You think about what you’ll gain from that job, what you’ll learn, ways you might grow, and how you’ll be treated? Well, this is something called a psychological contract: an often unspoken, unofficial agreement between two parties—usually an employee and employer—that aligns beliefs, perceptions, and informal obligations.