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I thrived when I felt bad. It was a skill that I’d been practicing my entire life.

I’d grown up rough, the unplanned child of two in-love Italian American teens. Like many parents at the time, they had an old-school caregiving style built on dominance and a blind demand for respect. I was frequently smacked in the face for getting “out of line,” screamed at to be more industrious.

They did what they thought was best: pushed me to be tough, to not wallow in my feelings; insisted on a degree of grown-up common sense that, as a child, I could not possibly possess; let me in on adult fears and worries that I was too young to absorb. I was a hypersensitive kid, creative, extra tender and soft. In this environment, I never felt good enough…

By the time I left home, at 18, I felt emotionally beat up, inherently broken…

Childhoods like mine can affect people in ways that make employment, let alone career advancement, difficult. But for me, this dynamic was flipped sideways: I was unnaturally driven to prove my own competence; so unable to absorb criticism that I’d work to avoid it at nearly any cost. In corporate parlance, employees like me tend to be proactive, high-performing, self starters — in short, a manager’s dream…

No matter how unrealistic the goals — quadrupling site traffic in two months, leading a team of five to do the work of 20 — I met them, often at a high cost to my relationships and my health. I conflated success with happiness, productivity with value. Again and again, I sought out high-challenge, high-stress jobs. I thrived when I felt bad. It was a skill that I’d been practicing my entire life.

— Jennifer Romolini, from “I Had a Difficult Childhood. It Made Me an Amazing Employee. A writer reflects on the moment she understood the roots of her workaholism.” (NY Times, June 13, 2024)

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Ambition Monster: A Memoir

By Jennifer Romolini.

[child-of-hurin]

Nothing picks me up like a Romolini real estate video

[muatyland]

Recensione "Sotto la neve pane" di Gabriella Romolini e Maria Giorgini

La quarantena è stata un’esperienza nuova per tutti e di tutti ha cambiato la vita. Gabriella Romolini parla con la madre Maria o al telefono o vis-à-vis ripercorrendo insieme la loro storia che, come sempre accade, si intreccia con quella collettiva. Gabriella ha, infatti, coinvolto in questo dialogo amici e parenti, che con i loro racconti hanno arricchito e reso più lievi le loro giornate. E…

[the-forest-library]

September 2024 Reads

Never Date a Roommate - Paula Ottoni

Love and Other Conspiracies - Mallory Marlowe

My Salty Mary - Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, & Jodi Meadows

In the Orbit of You - Ashley Schumacher

The Beast's Heart - Leife Shallcross

At First Spite - Olivia Dade

The Wall - Marlen Haushofer

The Book Swap - Tessa Bickers

Someone You Can Build a Nest In - John Wiswell

A Daughter of Fair Verona - Christina Dodd

Given Our History - Kristyn J. Miller

Fall for Him - Andie Burke

I'll Have What He's Having - Adib Khorram

Lips Like Sugar - Jess K. Hardy

The Grandest Game - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Such Charming Liars - Karen M. McManus

The Champions - Kara Thomas

Jupiter Rising - Gary D. Schmidt

Splinter & Ash - Marieke Nijkamp

Knight Owl - Christopher Denise

Young Hag and the Witches' Quest - Isabel Greenberg

Mismatched - Anne Camlin

The Truths We Hold - Kamala Harris

The Third Gilmore Girl - Kelly Bishop

The Striker and the Clock - Georgia Cloepfil

But Everyone Feels This Way - Paige Layle

Ambition Monster - Jennifer Romolini

Body Work - Melissa Febos

Rage - Lester Fabian Brathwaite

The Joy of Connections - Ruth Westheimer

Everyday Dharma - Sunned Gupta

Over Work - Brigid Schulte

Nothing to Fear - Julie McFadden

100 Ways to Change Your Life - Liz Moody

More, Please - Emma Specter

How to Piss Off Men - Kyle Prue

Shitty Craft Club - Sam Reece

Simply Julia - Julia Turshen

Bold = Highly Recommend

Italics = Worth It

Crossed Out = Nope

Thoughts:  I'll be thinking about The Wall by Marlen Haushofer for quite some time. It's a feminist, dystopian, survivalist tale with some truly harrowing moments.

Goodreads Goal: 334/400

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tagged by @meinenaffenhosen - 9 10 books I plan on reading this year

(THIS IS SUPER TOUGH BECAUSE I HAVE A HUGE PILE OF PHYSICAL BOOKS I'VE GOTTA READ FOR HASHTAG REASONS)

Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou - I received an ARC of this and I'm very excited to jump in!

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon - I've heard great things, but it's SO LONG and I'm daunted.

Weird in a World That's Not by Jennifer Romolini - a friend of mine passed her copy along to me and I haven't gotten to it yet

Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner - Got this from BOTM and I haven't gotten there yet ;_;

The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves - I've read the first book and a half in this series and I'd like to finish the series out.

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - I'm currently reading Gods of Jade and Shadow and I really like her style.

Kushiel's Chosen & Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey - Another series that I've started and would like to finish - indulging my young teenaged self, who hasn't read this series yet despite reading nothing but fantasy and sci-fi as a youth

James by Percival Everett - got this for Christmas from the fam, so I've gotta get that knocked out soon

The Gods of Tango by Carolina de Robertis - I'm trying to branch out and I've heard good things

Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao - the wait list for this is taking forever ;_;

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Book Review: ‘Ambition Monster,’ by Jennifer Romolini

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[dk-thrive]

To the outside world, my success was unimpeachable. Inside I am a mess.

— Jennifer Romolini, from “I Had a Difficult Childhood. It Made Me an Amazing Employee. A writer reflects on the moment she understood the roots of her workaholism.” (NY Times, June 13, 2024)

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Intervista natalizia all'Autrice Gabriella Romolini

View this post on Instagram A post shared by MuatyLand.com (@muatyland) Può parlarci dei suoi libri pubblicati fin ora? I libri pubblicati fin ora sono stati due: “Sotto la neve pane – Una lunga chiacchierata” edito nel 2020 e “Esercizi di Scrittura – Storie a lieto fine” edito nel 2022. Sono tutti e due spiccatamente autobiografici, anche se in entrambi ci sono anche storie irreali e…

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Danilo Romolini

[nevercertain]

I feel content and I feel competent. For me, that’s the definition of success. I don’t always feel happy, but I feel mostly content with the choices I’ve made in my life and I feel competent at what I do. I can add a third “C” here: I feel challenged. And I think those three things make up success more than, “I’m happy! I have a lot of money! I have a big title!” Those things are just sort of bullshit.

Weird In A Way That’s Wonderful: Writer Jennifer Romolini On Her New Book, Career Advice, And Weird Girls

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Delightful narrative, poignant adviceJenn is a heartwarming, beautiful writer whose words and stories set the stage for a welcome and engaged read addressing the trials and tribulations of someone whose endless ambition pulled her up through the ranks of one of the most complicated industries in the world. It's an inspiring guide for the young career woman who discovers she wants it all - well after college. Go to AmazonShould Be Required Reading!I honestly don't think anyone has written anything like this book before. I wish I had it 10 years ago. Romolini knows all the embarrassing questions you want to ask and answers them. She's hilarious and HONEST and acts as a mentor for anyone who ever felt that they didn't fit in. Go to AmazonNot like other career booksA career guide that cuts through the BS and actually, finally, admits that work is emotional and personal. Jennifer's insight into the world of media is fascinating, but her trajectory and her advice is applicable to any young person in any industry. Funny, smart, interesting. Go to AmazonBUY IT BUY IT NOWI only regret not having read this book sooner! Go to AmazonA good self help book, with plenty of good ideas.I was glad I read the prologue, because it placed the entire book into perspective for me. Sure the writer may have been successful, and to others may have looked perfectly normal, but it was her own brain that was making her a misfit and weird. She had to fight her own thoughts and her real or imagined self doubts and insecurities to get ahead. Believe me that is a much harder battle, and one that is much easier to give up on. Go to Amazonweird in a world that's notI enjoyed this book--specifically, the memoir part of it and the author's discussion of her careers ups and downs. The opening story about the author's experience at a job orientation was especially funny and relatable. Unlike the title of the book, the author had gone on to be very successful in what she does, in a field that's ultra-competitive--especially commendable as the author started out as a college drop out with no connections, working in waitressing and barely getting by during her first marriage, which ended in divorce. In her mid-twenties, the author turned her life around by getting accepted into Emerson College's publishing program and moving to New York to initially work as a fact checker for magazines (a job that's very low on the totem pole, and revolves around basically arguing with the writer about getting their facts straight--hard to do when magazines are in the business of sensationalism) as well as a freelancer, before scoring her first job as an editor, despite not having editing experience at that point (she attributes the lucky break to the initial pick for the job flaming out, and the interviewer's belief in her abilities). From there, her career trajectory is on the up. Go to Amazonsharp-witted storytelling = biz book breath of fresh airI read a lot of business books and my problem with many of them is they make assumptions about what makes us all the same. That they've cracked some code about humankind that makes their guidance universally applicable. It may mean big numbers and bestsellers, but it usually makes for bland reading and blasé insights that anyone can (and already has) come up with. This is not one of those books. Go to AmazonOne StarPart Memoir/Part Career Advice Book: Entirely Entertaining And UsefulFun readInsightful and charmingI absolutely loved this! I'm normally not a fan of career ...I LOVED THIS BOOK!!How does this advice apply to you?Hardly weird at all - check it out from the library