July is Disability Pride Month. In coming blog entries I’ll talk about this theme in more detail.
Today I will offer a counterpoint to disclosure that examines the issue from the other side.
The reality is we have a way to go to get to the day when having a mental illness is something others accept as an ordinary part of the package we present to them.
My literary agent told me that maybe I should archive one of my blogs while I continue to rev up getting Working Assets published.
Counter-intuitively five days later I decided to keep writing those blog entries. My Left of the Dial blog is crafted with my love for music and fashion and other things I’m passionate about.
Would I recommend keeping a blog and being open and honest in it? Employers will read your blog and use what you write to decide whether to make you a job offer.
That’s reality even though it’s 2021.
While I’m an optimist I’m also a realist. You must adhere to a professional code of conduct. Ideally you can conform to the rules at the same time you can express your identity.
Should that not be an option the solution is to find a job or career that is off the beaten track. Where you can dress in a creative uniform and use your brilliant mind to execute phenomenal work for the company—or for your clients if you’re self-employed.
In coming blog entries I will talk more about finding this work and life equilibrium. The environment where you can be yourself and produce results for your employer is the sweet spot.
Yet sometimes a bulldozer is needed to succeed on the job. More about disrupting the status quo in future blog entries too.
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