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Tonight is the first night of Passover and we want to wish all who will celebrate a peaceful and joyful holiday. This image was taken by our Chief of Chaos to Calm when she had a virtual seder with her family during the pandemic lockdown in April 2020. It will always be one of the strangest holiday experiences on so many levels. Beth wrote a blog about it few years ago that started off being about Passover but covered not only her emotions surrounding this particular Jewish holiday as well as what happened right before Passover in 2021, a mass shooting at one of Boulder's most popular King Sooper grocery stores. Beth quoted First Lady Jill Biden's statement from a White House seder that year... "Passover is a celebration of Jewish life but the message is universal." What's the message??? 🫶🏽 Simply put...peace, tolerance and love. With all that is going on in the world especially in the Middle East, it's hard to imagine that anyone is embracing that universal message but it is still something we think is part of our mission here at It's Just Stuff. And while we are just one small little business on this big giant planet, we still choose, as Beth's Mom always said, to believe that we can do something each and every day to reduce the chaos and create more calm. ☮️Please choose peace, tolerance and love always no matter what your religious or political beliefs. None of us can survive life without it. ✌️ #GarageOrganization #HomeOrganization #Declutter #TransformYourSpace #ItsJustStuff #professionalorganizer #downsizing #homeorganizer #clutter #organizing #Passover

Have you ever threatened to go on strike at your house? Just reached a point where you felt like no one understood or cared how much you do to keep the house functioning? And the only way to get everyone to understand was to stop? What if I told you there was a better way? A way to get your partner involved and both of you on the same page. Without you leaving post-it notes on the bathroom mirror. Or piles of wet laundry on their side of the bed. Or contemplating going on strike. The Fair Play Method is here to help. It’s a way to divide tasks in a way that works for everyone in the household. Want to learn more? Send me a message and let's get started! #strideproductivity #workingmom #workingmomlife #workingmomlifebalance #workingmothers #mompreneur #mompreneurlife #mompreneurlifestyle #fairplayfacilitator #fairplaylife #mentalload #mentalloadofmotherhood #workingmomproblems #workingmomstruggles

How to get back to work after the strike     STRIKE BACK! Air Date: February 22, 2024             So, every task we take on has its own set of challenges. We know this. Everything worth doing contains the “what if’s”. “What if It doesn’t happen? (the role you’ve auditioned for)”, “What if I can’t find the time? (start auditions again)”, What if it doesn’t work out? (finding a new agent)”. It is built into the actor’s DNA to “what if” just about every career issue. It can really affect us, for better or worse. Right now, we are paralyzed with what to do now that the SAG-AFTRA strike is over. It prevents us from even thinking about the “what ifs”. Well, to that I can only say, “Lets Strike back!” Let’s find ways to keep ourselves ready so when external opportunities present themselves (and they will) we will be ready. Here are some steps to re-kindle our acting goals.

Here's a different take on the news today: woke up to my LinkedIn feed showing endless rejoicing, celebration & backslapping for the end of the SAG-AFTRA Actors strike. For the HETV and big budget feature lot, I can understand the relief, the money making machine is now quickly spooling back up. But fundamentally, the state of the UK  market, over the past few months, during the strike, attests to the fact that our film industry is overly dependent on work and money from the other side of the Atlantic. And it’s been particularly heart-wrenching reading some of the stories on social media that have been shared by UK film crew about the extreme personal and financial difficulties they have encountered because of the actors strike. It would be great to see and hear some different perspectives on how our own Film & TV industry can become more robust and sustainable, so we can be more resilient to similar events in the US in the future. As such a strike will certainly happen again. And consider how we can better support home grown talent, crews & businesses within the production industry (and yes, that includes our indigenous, independent rental houses!).

Having the correct tools and toolboxes for maintenance in the workplace is of utmost importance. When employees have access to the appropriate tools, they can complete their tasks more effectively and in a timely manner.

Having the correct tools and toolboxes for maintenance in the workplace is of utmost importance. When employees have access to the appropriate tools, they can complete their tasks more effectively and in a timely manner.

Instances of labor strikes in the US has had an increase as some of the most visible unions having either gone on strike or threatening too. These labor strikes, while happening in separate industries, have the potential to cause massive disruptions all over the US while these contracts get negotiated. The most well known of these strikes (and longest lasting) has been the Writers Guild of America (WGA) which went on strike following a failure to come to an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). They were eventually joined by the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) when negotiations broke down for them as well. Striking has been ongoing and do not seem to be coming to a resolution. https://lnkd.in/dh9f6bcN While the Writers and Actors Unions have been striking, the Teamsters (representing 34,000 UPS employees) came to a tentative agreement with UPS, averting a strike set to begin on the first of August. The deal includes over 60 changes to the employee contract and is being called "win-win-win agreement" by UPS CEO Carol Tomé and “the best contract in the history of UPS,” by individuals in the Teamsters. https://lnkd.in/gF62Umgm These strikes are increasing in frequency too, already the United Auto Workers (UAW) has made rumblings about unfair treatment, pulling their endorsement of President Biden as his administration prepares for a likely strike when their contract ends in September. This shouldn't be too surprising for anyone who remembers the Rail strike that the president helped to quash before the holiday season, an action that did not help endear him to that constituency. Even still, the AFL-CIO has already endorsed the president, showing he hasn't lost support from labor unions in the US. https://lnkd.in/ghfvVG-8 We will continue to moniter the situation as it progresses, if you have any questions we are happy to answer them :) #labor #labormarket #teamsters #UAW #ups #presidentbiden #2024election #sagaftra #wga #wgastrike #sagaftrastrike #workers #workersrights #amptp #strike #strikes #laborunions #rail #freight

Leading teams through the highs (Duquesne) and lows (Pitt) that come with the madness of March is no easy feat. Which is why it took me and Jason Spiess all of regulation and a few overtime periods to step through the many parallels between college coaching & corporate culture during the latest episode of The Crude Life. #ConsciousLeadership

The Spirit of Strikes and how we can help Tonight I am thinking about world energies and how we can help process those energies. The sprit of strikes is certainly making itself known. Here in Michigan, Nurses at Ascension Providence are striking and the UAW is standing their ground set to strike at midnight. Of course, there is also the ongoing nationwide SAG-AFTRA strike. Workers are making demands of their employers to improve their lives and working situations. All of this reminds me of the time I drew myself holding a picket sign that said, “I just want to teach”. (See picture) Those words kept playing in my head like a picket line chant, so I drew it and even acted it out. “I just want to teach.” At the time, I was trying to make some big decisions in my career, and the part of me that wanted to reach more people more was making itself known. Luckily, I followed the call. What comes up for us as individuals can also reflect world energies, and world energies can bring up things in us that we need as individuals. So my question is, if you were going to strike today what would your picket sign say? For me, I was striking against parts of me and forces in the world that were telling me I could not teach (especially regarding spirituality) or I should not teach for this reason or for that reason. Some deeper parts of me were not going to accept that. Some deeper parts of me knew that I was a teacher. And they were demanding that I let those parts out more. Sometimes we're striking against parts seen and unseen that are being greedy dictators who are also often scared. So what would your strike sign say? Imagine it. Imagine that you had a blank picket sign. And you were going to let a part of you that has some deep need write on your sign. Yours might be I just want to eat. It might be I just want to sleep. It might be I just want to cry. It might be I just want to laugh. I just want to sing. I just wanna play. What does your sign say today? And how might you let yourself do it a little bit? #WorldConflict #conflictresolution #innerwork #awareness #strike #nofilter

Unique Trivia Tuesday! 🌟 Here's a fun question for you: Do you know what the tiny piece at the end of a shoelace is called? 🤔 Let's see who can guess it right! Comment below with your answer and tag a friend to join in on the fun! #TriviaTuesday #ShoelaceTrivia #FunFacts #DidYouKnow #staffing #employment #corpuschristitx 🎉👟