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Career Blues and Blessings in Disguise
Writers are resourceful and resilient and always willing to take a (public) risk. Recently several of my friends have taken bold career steps that wouldn’t have been possible if they hadn’t been laid off from their full-time jobs. And I’ve met a couple of people who have other options in life but are choosing to enter the writing and editing melee. Let me introduce you to three of them.
Welcoming: Who, Where, and Why
I thrive on self-expansion, and I have a hunch you do as well. Being exposed to new points of view fulfills people’s ”fundamental desire to expand the self—that is, to increase their self-efficacy, perspectives, competence, and resources.” Here’s why that matters in our own neighborhoods as well as new place.