Human on Purpose — June 2026 aka: Stop Performing. Start Showing Up.
The Exhaustion Nobody Talks About There’s a particular kind of tired that has nothing to do with how many hours you worked. It’s the tired that comes from being on all the time. From never letting your guard down. From being the one who has the answers, holds the room together, and keeps it moving […]
Human on Purpose — April 2026 aka: The Pendulum Is Swinging
A note before we dive in. If you’ve been reading this newsletter for a while, you may notice something looks a little different today. For years, I’ve been writing a Career Economy Newsletter — tracking labor data, breaking down jobs reports, and giving you my honest take on what the numbers meant for your career, […]
[March] Career Economy News: It’s Not Coming Back. Build Anyway.
The system isn’t resetting — it’s being rebuilt in real time. Career Economy 2.0 — March 2026 Editionaka: It’s Not Coming Back. Build Anyway. Last month, we talked about uncertainty becoming the baseline. After a year of uncertainty upon uncertainty, it seems that we’re all ready to just move on with life. The uncertainty isn’t […]
Career Economy News [February]: Uncertainty Is the Baseline. Move Anyway.
Last year felt like a never-ending hamster wheel of indecision. Everyone was waiting.Waiting for the Fed.Waiting for hiring to pick up.Waiting for the other shoe to drop. Uncertainty wasn’t just part of the environment — it became the environment. From job searches to business initiatives, hesitation became the norm. And I am so not a […]
Career Economy News Got a Scary Good Update
If you’ve missed me in your inbox last month, it’s because I’ve been working on being on your bookshelf instead. 😏 Yes, I disappeared for a minute while I was busy finishing and launching my first book, Scary Good: Discovering Life Beyond the Sunday Scaries. It was officially released last week and ranked #1 in […]
Career Economy News Got a Scary Good Update
Subject: Career Economy News Got a Scary Good Update The Career Economy NewsletterCareer Economy 2.0 — January 2026 Editionaka: The rules changed while you were applying If you’ve missed me in your inbox last month, it’s because I’ve been working on being on your bookshelf instead. Yes, I disappeared for a minute while I […]
May 2025 Career News
Welcome to the Career Economy! May 2025 Edition aka: Where we try to make sense of the job market so you don’t have to scream into the void. We’re still on the roller coaster. No exit in sight. April brought us another set of job numbers, a fresh round of revisions, and more questions than […]
April 2025 Career News
Welcome to the Career Economy! The roller coaster continues…and I have a feeling we won’t be pulling to a stop for another three years and ten months. 😱 That means it’s either time to get out your air sickness bag or we need to change things up around here. So this month—and likely for the […]
March 2025 Career News
Welcome to the Career Economy! Writing about the labor economy right now continues to feel a little like reporting from the deck of a ship in a storm—except half the crew has been thrown overboard, and the captain is… well, let’s just say “preoccupied.” 🚢 Welcome to my corner of the world, where social-political-economic conversations […]
February 2025 Career News
Welcome to the Career Economy! Writing a newsletter about the state of the labor economy on February 13, 2025, feels like being handed a hot potato and realizing there’s no one left in the room to toss it to—so here I am, holding the damn thing, trying to make sense of the chaos. And no […]