Found out yesterday that a tech I trained as a new grad (she's one of MINE!) who started traveling jobs once she hit her year mark and a travel tech I worked with at my first travel job are currently working together at the same facility in Iowa. How cool is that?!
Employee: Our area is experiencing heavy rain and flooding. Can I work from home today?
Manager: No, we are not supposed to work from home. Company policy. Report to work.
Employee: Okay, agreed.
Few days later.
Manager: An important client texted you yesterday at 9:00 p.m. Why didn’t you respond?
Employee: We are not allowed to work from home. Company policy!
Dear old people, waking up at 6am, tending to a garden, eating dinner at 5pm, reading books, and going to bed at 9:30pm feels amazing.
I was wrong. You were right.
"maybe i'll come" - i'm not coming
"i'll let you know" - i'm not coming
"i'm not sure yet" - i'm very sure i'm not coming
"i'll try and come" - i won't try anything
"i'll think about it" - i won't think about anything, i'm not coming
Our democracy is not self-executing. It depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.
no one talks about the personality shift as you get older. where you no longer want to be impressive, you want to be rested. you want to be regulated and completely unavailable to anything that drains you