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Thrive Anyway

Sometimes before starting a project, you have to emotionally unpack. It's hard to stand up and do a talk when you're carrying baggage from your past career endeavors. You just feel like you're hiding something. My former self, a young early-20-something, knew it all along. I wouldn't want to tell my past self what I've gone through. I wouldn't want to discourage her. Honestly, it's okay, and I'm fine. But here's the depressing truth (that a worried and pessimistic recent college grad could predict)-- most of the previous projects on my resume that I can use to bolster my credentials were lead by corrupt leaders. All of them men. It's hard for me to talk about Gameheads because I don't want to think about the problems that the organization's culture had, how that kept me from contributing, and what I now know about the leadership there. Honestly, I can't say much about it without overstepping my bounds in a problematic way. Onl...