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Dear Rosa! Do you mind sharing what is your day to day job? You stated once it is in marketing, but what do you actually do, strategy planning, brand building? Is it repetitive or more creative work? Thanks in advance for your reply!
As the one-woman marketing department at my place of work I get to ✨do it all✨
So yes not only does that include running all our social channels (including planning and posting content), but our firm’s marketing strategy, the marketing side of all of our business development, I led the firm’s rebrand and continue to lead brand building/reputation, I do all of our reporting and performance analytics, and I also run all the firm-wide events, both content and logistics lol I am TIRED
All it takes is one 8-hour shift
"The more my thoughts wander the harder it gets — everything feels so disconnected. Me and my work, me and the factory, me and society. There’s always something in the way. It’s like we’re touching, but we’re not. What am I doing here?"
— The Factory (Hiroko Oyamada 小山田浩子, David Boyd (Engl. translator), first pub. 2010, Japan
I am so grateful for my job. It’s amazing, such a great fit for me with how it’s structured, and I love my bosses. For those who’ve followed me a while, you know my journey with leaving my previous career, at times turning down positions I didn’t have peace about, and then the timing of this one could not have been more perfect. Truly, the Lord. Mind the checks. Mind the having peace/no peace about decisions as you prayerfully consider them. And it won’t necessarily be easy, it was a lot of learning in uncharted territory for me at first and I felt overwhelmed. Hard, consistent work is a part of anything in life (career, relationships, health). Put in the work, you’ll see the dividends eventually.
The fact is, work as we know it isn’t worth saving anyway.
“The very meaning of work is in jeopardy right now, and a big reason is that we expect too much meaning from work. We believe the false promise that work confers dignity, character, and purpose, and we inculcate that belief in our children and students. But in the present stage of American capitalism, working means having a job. It means having an employer who puts our time, sweat, and (one hopes) talent to use in accordance with current managerial doctrines and for the sake of profit. So what we say about work—at the dinner table, at graduations, in opinion columns, in sermons, on the floor of the Senate—doesn’t match the reality of the work we do. This mismatch leads us to a sad, profound irony: Our commitment to the work ethic, meant to help us live the good life, is actually keeping us from doing so.”
The pleasure of being necessary to my parents was profound. I was not like the children in folktales: burdensome mouths to feed.
The Work You Do, the Person You Are
The pleasure of being necessary to my parents was profound. I was not like the children in folktales: burdensome mouths to feed.
By Toni Morrison
I have been turning this over in my mind as I have begun to approach this school year. On the two-year anniversary of Toni Morrison’s death, it is only fitting to share.