Weekly Wrap from Go Long - Issue #1
Trying something new and would love your feedback! Read on.
Damn. It’s April already. How did the 1st quarter of the year just fly by?!
Client Win This Week
“VO2 max - 16% increase over 4 months! Guess my Peloton scores [increases] weren’t a fluke!”
What’s Coming Up
Starting this week and for the month of April, I’ll be talking about my experience with burnout and how it has shaped me today. This will be a weekly series where I’ll discuss the good, bad and the ugly around how I got overwhelmed in different stages of my career for different reasons. It’ll wrap up with some learnings as well as what I wish I could do if I could turn back time 25 or so years.
The 1st post talked about my 1st professional experience with burnout. Here is a snippet:
“But my thought the whole time was “They will not break me. I will show them.”
At around the 2-year mark, I had taken on a fair amount of responsibility because my boss was on assignment in London for a couple of months. So now I’m working around 90 hours a week regularly. Before this, it was around 80 hours per week. Going in on the weekends was a regular thing. Late nights were a regular thing. Going out with colleagues or friends after working late was a regular thing. Sleep was not a regular thing. Exercise even less so.
Of course, I knew I was tired. But I was living the dream. I was a middle-class kid from Long Island who somehow made it to Wall Street via a little known state university. Who was I to complain about being tired? Isn’t that what your 20s are for? Suck it up! I’m living the dream, right? What I didn’t realize at the time was that my identity and my job became one. It’s so easy to see in hindsight, but it's clear as mud when you’re going through it.”
Myth Monday
Myth: Following social media influencers showing you how chasing the perfect body will lead to sustained weight loss without negatively impacting other areas of your life.
If Travis Kelce is getting body shamed on social media, then you know you're not going to feel better about your body on social media.
Hear my rant on this topic (also look at 1st comment).
Go Long in the Wild!
In addition to the above blog post, I’ve been trying to flex those wobbly social media muscles that needed some strengthening. You can follow along on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, and Threads. Tell me where else you are hanging out!
I loved this clip of toddlers crawling/walking at a recent Savannah Bananas game. Probably the best thing I have seen on social media this year.
On LinkedIn, I discussed the bullshit angle of how women are always marketed to as “not being good enough”.
Challenge of the Week
Reflect on a time in your life that you were burned out - this could be at work, in your home life, both.
Why were you burned out?
How was it manifesting in other aspects of your life?
I’d love to hear from you so please feel free to respond to this email.
If you decide you want to share your story more fully, I’d be happy to have you guest post on the blog (anonymous is ok too!).
Thank you for spending time with Go Long. Your feedback and comments are always welcomed and appreciated.
OMG the toddler video - thank you for that! And proof that you never give up.