Weekly reflection post 5\/8\/2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reading:<\/strong> Self Care Won’t Save Us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nListening:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What happened this week?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday we hung out with J&A and played some pool. I was nervous because I don’t know the last time I played pool. It wasn’t so bad though, I did surprisingly ok. It was a good hang and A made us a sourdough which is delicious and I’m super grateful for that. J told me something that JB said to him at work that kind of upset me. It was a stark reminder of how easily replaced you can be in the corporate world and how once you’re gone, there’s no such thing as leaving behind a legacy. People will twist your words or make you a scapegoat because it’s easy. I knew this would happen but I guess hearing about it so soon after I’d left was not something I expected. I still feel bad about all of those who looked up to me that I left behind. I don’t know how long it will take me not to feel some responsibility over them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday night, I gave B a hand at Parlour during art walk. I was definitely out of my comfort zone but it was surprisingly nice to just be able to focus on “menial” tasks for the evening and feel like I was helping. Maybe it was even fun? I think I can really visualize myself in my own space when it’s busy, interacting with customers and just enjoying the hustle and bustle of the space. I think that would be super fulfilling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What’d you work on this week?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I finished my first draft of the business plan early in the week and I’ve been working on some small tweaks to it. We also met with a pair of commercial real estate agents which went surprisingly well. It was the first “businessy” people we’ve talked to that actually treated us as human and were willing to just hear us out without asking a bunch of “weed out” questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What’s one thing you’d like to work on next week?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I’d like to get in contact with the Stamp Act guys so I can get a sense of their business and if we’d like to work with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I’d also like to write that blog post about The Drama that I’ve been thinking of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekly reflection post 5\/8\/2026 Reading: Self Care Won’t Save Us Listening: What happened this week? Tuesday we hung out with J&A and played some pool. I was nervous because I don’t know the last time I played pool. It wasn’t so bad though, I did surprisingly ok. It was a good hang and A made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weeklies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Listening:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What happened this week?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday we hung out with J&A and played some pool. I was nervous because I don’t know the last time I played pool. It wasn’t so bad though, I did surprisingly ok. It was a good hang and A made us a sourdough which is delicious and I’m super grateful for that. J told me something that JB said to him at work that kind of upset me. It was a stark reminder of how easily replaced you can be in the corporate world and how once you’re gone, there’s no such thing as leaving behind a legacy. People will twist your words or make you a scapegoat because it’s easy. I knew this would happen but I guess hearing about it so soon after I’d left was not something I expected. I still feel bad about all of those who looked up to me that I left behind. I don’t know how long it will take me not to feel some responsibility over them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday night, I gave B a hand at Parlour during art walk. I was definitely out of my comfort zone but it was surprisingly nice to just be able to focus on “menial” tasks for the evening and feel like I was helping. Maybe it was even fun? I think I can really visualize myself in my own space when it’s busy, interacting with customers and just enjoying the hustle and bustle of the space. I think that would be super fulfilling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What’d you work on this week?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I finished my first draft of the business plan early in the week and I’ve been working on some small tweaks to it. We also met with a pair of commercial real estate agents which went surprisingly well. It was the first “businessy” people we’ve talked to that actually treated us as human and were willing to just hear us out without asking a bunch of “weed out” questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What’s one thing you’d like to work on next week?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I’d like to get in contact with the Stamp Act guys so I can get a sense of their business and if we’d like to work with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I’d also like to write that blog post about The Drama that I’ve been thinking of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekly reflection post 5\/8\/2026 Reading: Self Care Won’t Save Us Listening: What happened this week? Tuesday we hung out with J&A and played some pool. I was nervous because I don’t know the last time I played pool. It wasn’t so bad though, I did surprisingly ok. It was a good hang and A made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weeklies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nicolelena.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}