Amy Says…
Hello {{first_name}} ,
I didn’t track it but I think I gave up hours of my life trying to find things this past week because people in corporate positions decided to change the way the apps look for spotify and also all the google suite apps.
Is this a midlife thing or did this happen to everybody?
Is it too much to expect that google would send us an email that says … hey the logos have changed? I mean it’s not like they don’t know my gmail address?
It’s one thing to understand that academically things that are familiar are easier but it’s another to experience it ourselves. Something as simple as a changed logo or when your local grocery store moves things around feel like pretty significant inconveniences. The good news is that some people say that these small changes that make our brains work hard to do normal things are good for us. Like eating our veggies.
I have two imperfect adulting stories and one photo from my recent personal adventures to share with you this week. Enjoy!
If you can see through all the smooshed bugs on my windshield on the horizon there are clouds and also big mountains. The mountains are so far away that they look tiny. It’s not my best photo and I shouldn’t take photos while driving but also this was a long, straight and pretty empty section of road. What adventures do you have planned for the summer?
Career | Strategies for Moms Balancing Careers Motherhood and Business
Julie Cole
The weight of walking away from a career you spent years preparing for hits differently when you're holding a baby in one arm and law books in the other. Julie Cole became a mother during her first year of law school, had her third child during her articles, and practiced family law for barely a year before everything changed. Most people would call that a waste of education. Cole calls it the foundation for everything that came after.
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Moving Abroad | How to Let Go of Everything and Live Your Dream Life Overseas
There is a particular kind of courage that doesn't feel like courage in the moment. It feels more like necessity, like standing in a room after everything has been cleared out and realizing the only thing left to do is walk through a door you never thought to open. For Jennifer Sontag, that door led to Shanghai.
In 2017 and 2018, Sontag's life changed all at once. She was going through a divorce, her two children were launching into adulthood, and she was navigating a career change. She describes it not just as a personal upheaval but as a community event. "I think it was an abnormal amount of stress in a community's life," she said. "It affected my parents. It affected my kids as they were launching. It affected my job." Every corner of her world was in motion simultaneously.
Jennifer Sontag
Connect with Jennifer at https://www.viamonde.eu/
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