Tag: professional

• We can’t always afford to be passionate about our jobs – and that’s okay.

  

  Our society has created a myth around passion and the workplace. This myth says that when you’re 18, you need to find something you’re passionate about and figure out a way to get paid for it. If we can’t, we feel like failures or sellouts. But the truth is that not everyone can afford to be passionate about their jobs – and that’s okay.

  Irie.

  January 31, 2022

  blog, culture, wellness

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• How I (Don’t) Do It All

  

  I was at a networking event the other day when a professional woman leaned in close to me after she found out I had three children in addition to my full-time job. “How,” she asked, “do you do it all?” I tipped my head back and laughed. “I don’t.”

  Irie.

  December 20, 2021

  blog, culture, race, wellness

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