I will hold your hand when I say this:
A higher salary in a poorly structured company can damage your career progression faster than a moderate salary in the right environment.
Dear Corporate South Africa
We really truly & honestly cannot afford to drive to your overpriced offices daily to sit on Teams all day on laptops we brought from home.
Nothing else from my side. And I know you can see my screen.
Sincerely,
South Africans
This MRI study on young kids just exposed something terrifying:
They scanned the brains of 60 children aged 3–5 — including 5-year-old Rose — and found interactive screen time is causing measurable loss of white matter in their developing brains. Even just 2 hours a day is linked to impaired neural connectivity, language, and literacy development.
Professor Mike Nagel (neuroscientist and father) said his first reaction was simply: “Wow… I was not anticipating seeing anything like that.”
We’re physically changing children’s brains before they even start school — and the damage is visible on scans.
This one actually unsettled me. I’ve always suspected too much screen time was bad, but seeing real white matter loss in toddlers hits different.
Parents of little ones — has this kind of research changed how much screen time you allow?
Adult friendships honestly require GRACE. People are actually very busy. People are HEALING. People are GROWING. People are taking time for SELF CARE just like you. Less communication isn't less love. Check in and don't check out.
A bit scary seeing senior managers in a similar profession, with extensive experience and qualifications publicly announcing on LinkedIn that they’re seeking new opportunities. The current job market is brutal. No one is spared.
Here’s a test to gauge just how much your employer really cares about the financial wellbeing of its employees as employers so often claim. Some are temporarily cutting back on business travel but will still expect employees to travel to the office everyday.
Do you know how powerful you are as a parent at regulating your child’s nervous system? It’s beautiful.
That’s why they follow you around and want to be close to you. You’re a sure thing! You heal them. Especially when they are sick. My mom did the same for me all the way to until she passed away.
Weirdly, it feels like she still does it.
If this "clearer" picture was done by AI (and I'm pretty sure it was) it is not reliable. That tech uses probability to fill in the image to make it "clearer". Essentially it guesses the "clearer" picture using all the data it has of what a black man looks like.
My challenge is that I am not an inquisitive friend. I do not ask questions about things you have not voluntarily shared. Because of this, it may sometimes seem as though I do not care. And this happens in all my relationships 🤭😌