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Life After School

Life After School

By Jessa

Are you wondering how to live life now that you can do things not because you're graded to do them but because you want to make things better? This podcast is for you. Join me every second and fourth week of the month, Wednesdays, as we talk more about how to live life after school.
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Midlife crisis

Life After SchoolJun 07, 2022

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Midlife crisis

Midlife crisis

The man who invented the midlife crisis had a midlife crisis of his own. -- Life After School is a bi-monthly podcast created by Jessa. You can find more about Jessa by reading her daily blog at jessa.blog. Connect with her elsewhere at bio.link/jes. You can also support her work by buying her a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/heyitsjessa. To submit a question or feedback, go to jessa.blog/podcast. To see the show notes, please visit jessa.blog/show-notes.

Jun 07, 202209:34
Life out of order

Life out of order

If we acknowledge that we all differ in mileage, then instead of focusing on how people are getting ahead of us, we can now focus on doing the things that will make us better. -- Life After School is a bi-monthly podcast created by Jessa. You can find more about Jessa by reading her daily blog at jessa.blog. Connect with her elsewhere at bio.link/jes. You can also support her work by buying her a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/heyitsjessa. To submit a question or feedback, go to jessa.blog/podcast. To see the show notes, please visit jessa.blog/show-notes.

Apr 27, 202210:22
Living by the clock

Living by the clock

How many times have you checked the clock today? -- Life After School is a bi-monthly podcast created by Jessa. You can find more about Jessa by reading her daily blog at jessa.blog. Connect with her elsewhere at bio.link/jes. You can also support her work by buying her a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/heyitsjessa. To submit a question or feedback, go to jessa.blog/podcast. To see the show notes, please visit jessa.blog/show-notes.

Apr 12, 202206:12
Time-based vs. task-based

Time-based vs. task-based

Not everyone has the liberty to work from home. But if you do, the pandemic has opened up possibilities you never thought would happen in this lifetime. Like what, you ask? Saying goodbye to the office. And when you did, is the boss still buying your time or your productivity? --- Life After School is a bi-monthly podcast created by Jessa. You can find more about Jessa by reading her daily blog at jessa.blog. To submit a question or feedback, go to jessa.blog/podcast. To see the show notes, please visit jessa.blog/show-notes.

Mar 22, 202207:18
Our concept of work

Our concept of work

Perhaps, you consider work as something you're paid to do. But in the absence of a transaction, what would you look like when left with your agency to produce? What are you going to do with your time? What are you going to create? --- Life After School is a bi-monthly podcast created by Jessa. You can find more about Jessa by reading her daily blog at jessa.blog. To submit a question or feedback, go to jessa.blog/podcast. To see the show notes, please visit jessa.blog/show-notes.

Mar 08, 202206:52
It all began with a dream

It all began with a dream

Now that life seems to be at a pause, with the pandemic affecting almost all of us in the entire world, it seems fitting to ask you this question: What do you dream of becoming? --- Life After School is a bi-monthly podcast created by Jessa. You can find more about Jessa by reading her daily blog at jessa.blog. To submit a question or feedback, go to jessa.blog/podcast. To see the show notes, please visit jessa.blog/show-notes.

Aug 10, 202105:06
Where to go from here

Where to go from here

Now that we have the idea of how we got here, our life after school, it's time to figure out where to go from here. --- Life After School is a bi-monthly podcast created by Jessa. You can find more about Jessa by reading her daily blog at jessa.blog. To submit a question or feedback, go to jessa.blog/podcast. To see the show notes, please visit jessa.blog/show-notes.

Jun 22, 202106:24
Collecting dots vs. connecting the dots
Jun 08, 202106:20
Beyond resumés

Beyond resumés

Doing work beyond what is on paper. --- Life After School is a bi-monthly podcast created by Jessa. You can find more about Jessa by reading her daily blog at jessa.blog. To submit a question, go to jessa.blog/podcast. To see the show notes, please visit jessa.blog/show-notes.

May 25, 202105:25
Don't I deserve more?

Don't I deserve more?

It’s one thing to wait patiently to be hired. Another when after being hired, you realize that you are underpaid. But sometimes, we think we deserve more just because of our diploma. And that’s another story. --- Life After School is a bi-monthly podcast created by Jessa. You can find more about Jessa by reading her daily blog at jessa.blog. To submit a question, go to jessa.blog/podcast. To see the show notes, please visit jessa.blog/show-notes.

May 11, 202111:44
Professional for hire
Apr 27, 202108:39
Expectations and labeling
Apr 13, 202109:29
Failure-fearing culture
Mar 23, 202106:29
Our fear of asking questions
Mar 09, 202105:02
What is school for?
Feb 23, 202107:58
How we got here
Feb 10, 202106:27
Will this be on the exam? - an intro
Jan 26, 202104:48