 Around the long wooden table in front of me are fifteen students at the University of Virginia. Some of these learners are studying at the Batten School of Public Policy, and some have joined this class as an elective in their undergraduate studies at UVA. They are intelligent and accomplished people who worked hard to get around this table.
My presentation to the group today is about my recent deployment helping GiveDirectly set up emergency cash distributions in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa. Before getting to the content of the lecture, we set aside time to discuss the career choices that they will all soon make. They ask astute questions about my life and experience as an international aid worker, and the queries all bend around to the big key question: is it a good idea to make international aid work your career in 2027 and beyond?
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 Writing regularly in a journal is for me, the one habit that creates the most out-sized tranquility for the amount of time invested. Developing a consistent journaling practice, releases the thoughts churning around in your mind and places them on a written page. It frees up that part of your mind, and opens up space to enjoy life and take action. Journaling is so transformative that I’ve come to see performance journaling as one of the most important practices that a Social Sector professional can do to create the change that we want to see in the world.
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