Comments on: Living Single in the Sector http://www.rosettathurman.com/2008/12/living-single-in-the-sector/ empowering a new generation of leaders Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:15:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: You Gotta Give | Rosetta Thurman http://www.rosettathurman.com/2008/12/living-single-in-the-sector/#comment-51379 You Gotta Give | Rosetta Thurman Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:08:18 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=391#comment-51379 [...] There are so many good fun things about having a career in nonprofits! Like not making very much money, and having no professional development, and also never having a life outside of work. [...] [...] There are so many good fun things about having a career in nonprofits! Like not making very much money, and having no professional development, and also never having a life outside of work. [...]

]]> By: why i’m a catch (part 1 of a _-part series) « SARAH STUDER http://www.rosettathurman.com/2008/12/living-single-in-the-sector/#comment-50545 why i’m a catch (part 1 of a _-part series) « SARAH STUDER Mon, 03 May 2010 22:21:49 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=391#comment-50545 [...] having very mixed emotions on relationships right now. Why, wasn’t it just last week that I read this and was going on about how it’s too much work and way to hard to get to know new people? And [...] [...] having very mixed emotions on relationships right now. Why, wasn’t it just last week that I read this and was going on about how it’s too much work and way to hard to get to know new people? And [...]

]]> By: Mazarine http://www.rosettathurman.com/2008/12/living-single-in-the-sector/#comment-50865 Mazarine Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:34:53 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=391#comment-50865 Dear Rosetta,<br><br>Thanks for writing about this, I have known a lot of women in the nonprofit world who have made their jobs come first. For me, going on a date became a ritual that I would use to tear myself away from fundraising work. For about a year and a half, I was on a date two or three nights a week, just meeting people, getting to see who they were for an hour over coffee. It gave me a sparkle in my eye, and it gave me a sample of the human population. <br><br>My criteria were simple. "Can this person ask me one good question about myself?" and "Does this person know how to listen?" You would be surprised at how many people failed this criteria. It was nice to meet someone with a social conscience, but I figured that could come later, and what I was really looking for was connection. <br><br>Mazarine<br><a href="http://wildwomanfundraising.com" rel="nofollow">http://wildwomanfundraising.com</a> Dear Rosetta,

Thanks for writing about this, I have known a lot of women in the nonprofit world who have made their jobs come first. For me, going on a date became a ritual that I would use to tear myself away from fundraising work. For about a year and a half, I was on a date two or three nights a week, just meeting people, getting to see who they were for an hour over coffee. It gave me a sparkle in my eye, and it gave me a sample of the human population.

My criteria were simple. “Can this person ask me one good question about myself?” and “Does this person know how to listen?” You would be surprised at how many people failed this criteria. It was nice to meet someone with a social conscience, but I figured that could come later, and what I was really looking for was connection.

Mazarine
http://wildwomanfundraising.com

]]> By: Rosetta Thurman http://www.rosettathurman.com/2008/12/living-single-in-the-sector/#comment-15152 Rosetta Thurman Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:02:52 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=391#comment-15152 [...] Zoo Board Condones Lying, Sets Bad Example for Future Nonprofit Leaders... (17)Living Single in the Sector... (16)Creating the Safe Space to Talk About Race in the Nonprofit Sector... (13)Break All the [...] [...] Zoo Board Condones Lying, Sets Bad Example for Future Nonprofit Leaders… (17)Living Single in the Sector… (16)Creating the Safe Space to Talk About Race in the Nonprofit Sector… (13)Break All the [...]

]]> By: Maya Norton http://www.rosettathurman.com/2008/12/living-single-in-the-sector/#comment-484 Maya Norton Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:22:03 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=391#comment-484 I think we live most fully when our lives are full of love, but we shouldn't mistake or replace the love of our work and communities with romantic love or the joy that creating a family can bring. Who better than champions of social justice to bring more love to the world? Dating and marriage may take time and energy, but a good love relationship will ultimately pay back a thousandfold for the support, motivation, and sense of wholeness it can bring. I think we live most fully when our lives are full of love, but we shouldn’t mistake or replace the love of our work and communities with romantic love or the joy that creating a family can bring. Who better than champions of social justice to bring more love to the world?

Dating and marriage may take time and energy, but a good love relationship will ultimately pay back a thousandfold for the support, motivation, and sense of wholeness it can bring.

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