What's TRUST Got to Do With It? + Find Your NEXT Career

Congratulations!🥳 A new week of possibilities is ahead of you. Find time this week to engage in nature and discover something new. 🌞

This week:

• What’s TRUST got to do with it? 💃🏾

• Finding Fam: Your NEXT Career 🤝

• Let's talk about lazy girl jobs 😴

• You're such a Good Omen 🙏🏾

What’s TRUST got to do with it?

What does it mean to truly trust yourself in your job search journey? As someone who has, for many years, found myself in roles that were harmful to my mental and emotional health, it feels hard to trust that I won’t put myself in the same sort of environment again. Reading countless job descriptions between the lines, investigating company culture and doing due diligence doesn’t always result in finding a work environment where I might thrive. So how do I learn to trust that I’ll make the right decision in my next role?

I’ve engaged in a series of conversations last week with one resounding sentiment — in being intentional about your job search, you’ll learn to only make decisions based on your greater good. Trusting that you’ll make the right decision involves being honest with yourself about the things you don’t want to experience in your next role and understanding that you have deep personal interest to not replicate those things. And that you will make decisions based on the state of mind you’re in at the present time. Where there’s friction, like the next time you’re ‘panic applying’ because impending bills are screaming at you, take a second to step back, evaluate the outside things taking away from your ability to trust yourself fully in that moment, and return to that activity when you’re in a clearer state of mind about the experience you want to have in your next role. Yes, the bills need you, but your mental health needs you more. ♥

Here’s a few resources that have helped me start to rebuild personal trust, including:

• Learning to believe in myself, but for real this time

• Acknowledging that losing a job doesn’t define me

• Learning how to unlock my potential

Just like in relationships of all kinds, building trust takes time. Knowing that in the present you’re moving toward experiences that will bring joy, a sense of accomplishment, and drive to work toward shared goals can allow you to let go of the fears holding you from your next role. I’m practicing more trust this week, and I hope you are, too.

If you’re looking for support, practical guidance, the opportunity to work with up-and-coming startups, and connections to new career paths, check out the NEXT Careers program!

Created by Anthony Nardini, this program seeks to provide and foster a community of support around startup job seekers. As an alum of the first cohort, I can confidently say that I’ve learned so much about myself and my career and have found clarity and a new path forward based on conversations had with fellow cohort members. This very newsletter is the result of conversations had in the program. 💪🏾

If you’d like to learn more about my experiences with NEXT when considering the program to benefit your job search, feel free to reach out!

Let’s talk about lazy girl jobs…

Over on TikTok, there’s a trend happening with folks sharing their ‘laziness’ on the job, which might look a lot like a healthy work-life balance. Here’s one impression on lazy girl jobs:

What’s yours? Do you think we’re moving to become increasingly lazy at work, or are we collectively calling out for more balance with things we love?

If you’ve not yet read Good Omens and marveled at the fanciful way Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett weaves a tale of apocalyptic war with an ethereal platonic love story and Tom Sawyer-esque adventure, you have a new obsession to claim! 😇

Agnes Nutter and her prophecies have already foretold of your delight in watching Good Omens after you’ve reluctantly finish the story — check it out this week and let me know what you think!

Alright friends, see ya next week. Hope you find that thing that feels good. ♥

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