Resilience Experiments
A month ago you started a structured program to build career resilience. You had a plan. You were going to document your contributions, cut your expenses, build new relationships, test professional experiments. You were going to do all of it systematically. Some of it happened. Most of it didn'
Weekly Review
You spent Week 4 examining four different aspects of your professional situation: your organizational value, your financial position, your workplace standing, and your capacity to build alternatives. Today you integrate those findings to see what they reveal together and build your Week 5 plan based on actual patterns rather than
Weekly Review
Yesterday you reviewed what Week 4 revealed about your organizational standing. Today you decide which security-building actions deserve continued investment and which need different approaches. Not all security-building work creates equal protection. Today you separate what actually matters from what feels productive but doesn't change your position. What
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Yesterday you reviewed what Week 4 revealed about your spending, your survival number, and the gap between them. Today you decide which expense changes become permanent and calculate your actual timeline to three months of buffer. Not all expense reductions create equal benefit. Today you separate cuts that improve your
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Yesterday you reviewed what Week 4 revealed about your workplace visibility, your communication patterns, and your inclusion in meaningful conversations. Today you decide which navigation actions deserve continued investment and which need different approaches. Not all visibility work creates equal protection. Today you separate what actually strengthens your position from
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Yesterday you reviewed what Week 4 revealed about your discretionary time and your professional experiment results. Today you decide whether you have actual capacity to build alternatives and what your next experiment should test. Not all experiments reveal equal information. Today you separate what pointed toward viable direction from what
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This week you examined your actual organizational value from three angles: the tasks that make you indispensable, the skill gaps you could fill, and what your performance review revealed about leadership priorities. Today you review what those three examinations revealed about your real standing. What to review: Pull out the
Weekly Review
This week you tracked how you actually spend weekend time and ran a small professional experiment testing one specific hypothesis. Now you review what both revealed about your capacity and your direction. Today you identify whether you have time to build alternatives and whether your experiment pointed toward something worth
Weekly Review
This week you tracked where your money goes, tested cutting one expense, and calculated your actual survival number. Now you compare what you learned against what you assumed. Most people discover their financial reality differs significantly from their financial perception. Today you identify those gaps. What to review: Pull out
Weekly Review
This week you examined your workplace standing from three angles: cross-departmental relationships, email communication patterns, and which conversations actually include you. Now you review what those patterns revealed. Today you identify whether your organizational position matches what you thought or whether you discovered gaps. What to review: Pull out the
Workplace Navigation
You send dozens of emails every week. You think you know what your communication patterns look like. Then you actually review a month of sent mail and realize your position is different than you thought. Email patterns reveal who depends on your work, who you depend on, and where you
Career Transition
You found quick income opportunities. Selling items generated immediate cash. Service work offers are coming in. You're tempted to accept everything because you need money. Some income work extends your runway without affecting job search. Other income work delays reemployment while providing short-term cash. Today you learn the