SECURE the Job Journey - Day 35
Plan for the Day
Reach out to 5 folks each with the following keywords in their job titles/headlines
Scope 3
Carbon accounting
Decarbonization
Energy Analyst
Carbon Data
Techno Economic Analysis
Life cycle cost
Apply to 10 jobs on the spready
Address LinkedIn messages
Prep for Deloitte recruiting event
What I Actually Executed
I got to Task 2, but I only applied to one job. I also got to Task 4
Results/Updates
I got some responses on LinkedIn from folks I needa hit back. I’ll get to it tomorrow.
Reflection
I got a late start, but I exercised self compassion. I realized that beating myself up and dragging myself through the day was a waste of time and mental energy. I decided to just let it all be a clean slate. I went ahead and did my Pilates, read a chapter of my morning book, and went about stewarding well over the rest of the day. It felt good mentally and helped me not feel like a failure and I feel like it powered me through the day.
I had goals to get stuff done before 5pm today because that’s when the Deloitte virtual recruiting event is, but I didn’t get to everything. I almost skipped out on the event, but I decided to go because even though it’s virtual (and I prefer in-person events), there are still benefits from attending virtual recruiting events. I enjoyed myself and I feel like I picked up on the language spoken in the consulting world. It made me decide to make a 4th resume specifically for consulting. I didn’t know how to fully articulate my skills into the consulting world and this recruiting event helped me. Like, GUURL, I took ALLL the notes. I copped the slide and made SURE to write down WORD for WORD how people described their job.
Side Note: Y’all consultants be talking soooo fast! Abeg who is chasing you??
Today felt different. I think I am seeing the fruit of self compassion. I had the roughest start ever compared to any of my other days, but I was so easy on myself. I took off the mental burden of mentally stomping myself into the ground with some Timbs on. I struggle with self compassion because I feel like I’m “letting myself off the hook” and enabling bad habits by being “too soft” on myself. But I see today that I can be soft on myself and still hold myself to a good high standard. I allowed myself grace for starting LAAAATE (like NOON late) and then pledged to just start from there and be productive. I didn’t feel behind. I felt well accomplished. And because I was not talking bad to myself in my head, it’s like my mind was free to focus on what is in front of me. My focus today was crazy!!
I think I FINALLY understand self compassion the right way.
