HeyJaredA Couple of Things by Lade Tawak
A peek into my thoughts in response to what's going on in my life and the world around me.
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How can you plan your career in uncertain times (opens the original)
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Over and over in my work and life, I’ve seen people come around to enjoy things they swore they were not interested in or discover new things that they ended up liking. The point is that everything you know about yourself is up till this point in time, based on what you’ve had exposure to and how you have had that exposure. What you think you like and are capable of can change with time. This framing is very necessary when planning in uncertain times. Here are some other things to noteThings to
Commit or Commot (opens the original)
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Recently, a lot of the conversations I’ve been having with friends have been around making important decisions. Whether to relocate to a new country, remain in their current job, pursue a new interest, go back to school, start a business, get married, have a baby.The common theme in these conversations on decisions was an unwillingness to commit to something. The main reason was fear. Either of making the wrong decision (i.e. it is actually a bad decision to make) or making a decision and then f
Friendship is not expensive (opens the original)
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If you’ve been here a minute, you know that friendships and community are topics I value and I’ve written and spoken about them a lot. I haven’t written about friendship in a while, so in honour of Friendship Day (Jul 30)1 and Girlfriends Day (Aug 1)2, here are some notes on friendship<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9Q40!,f_auto,q_auto:good
Time changes nothing (opens the original)
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“Time changes everything” is a phrase I’ve heard many times. I’m sure you’ve heard it too.But something that I’ve been chewing on for the past few weeks is that time changes nothing. Time, by itself, does not have the capacity to do anything. It just passes. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades, all just going by.Time is a blank canvas and it is what you paint or write on it that matters. It is soil and what you sow in it, how you care for and tend to it that changes thin
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