Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 3:47
Addressing discrimination/inequalities - how do you pick your battles?
Are there certain situations where you're more likely to wait in than others? How do you step away from things like this to protect yourself and to protect yourself from burnout? I think we could all do with having more discussions around this because we are so interconnected with social media and we are so much more subjected to comments. Keyboard warriors, trolls on the internet. So yeah, please do let me know your thoughts on how you manage these things. Or do you manage these things
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:10
Wow, putting yourself out there by putting a stake in the ground or by sort of addressing someone's misconceptions it's hard. And I think think when it's part of your job, it's different and you kind of get a bunch of talking points and you feel more confident. But if you're in a social context and you're really in that moment of deciding, do I address what just happened? Do I let it slide? Sometimes I feel like I don't have the right talking points
Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 4:25
So I think that's definitely really important to note as well that sometimes we're getting involved in something that we shouldn't get involved in because it's not our place. And I think that's definitely important to note. And I just wanted to say as well. When you said about the intent thing, it just reminded me of a conversation that we've been having in the network groups at work
Charlie Olivieri
@Charlieri · 4:44
So saying, just a simple they when a she is made is still quite difficult. And the last time I saw my mom, I managed it twice, and I should have branched into a full conversation. But it was the first time I'd seen her in a very long time, and I didn't want to push it too far. Sometimes you have to choose your battles. You have to choose your times. I've driven so many hours that day just to see them
Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 1:57
Hey, Maddie, thank you so much for your reply. I just wanted to, first of all, say when you said about maybe she'll grow fine. I don't think about that at all. I think we definitely need to protect ourselves and to pick our battles. I think part of this question has come about for me in regards to how we don't burn ourselves out. And I definitely feel like sometimes I think it's needed to set back
Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 3:34
People have developed social anxiety in a way that they haven't before because they've been shut away in their own protective environments for such a long time. And then the thought of going back out. It's almost like we're relearning how to socialize as well as still having kind of the fear of catching COVID