I feel pretty insecure about my CV and I hate how loudly its empty spaces ring in my head. I LOVE the concept of a quiet CV, stating all the things we overall for this big bang of archiments. Thank you for this!
I loved working on my Quiet CV - it was a meditative and empowering exercise in giving myself permission to acknowledge my inner value, the hard work I put into getting where I am today, and who I'm thankful for by giving me love, support and emotional grounding. Thank you, Poetry Culture for this wonderful gift to myself!
Thank you so much Kevin! That means a lot. I really appreciate you doing the workbook! Any tips/suggestions on how to make it even better are always appreciated
The download format (PDF) made it difficult to input and edit my responses - I suggest a Word or Google doc. Links to each section in the 'Contents' page would make it easier to navigate if I want to go back for copy/paste. Finally, the 'Declaration of Independence,' for me, was difficult because I'm still undecided whether a hard break with (harmful) people/things/ideas is best for me. Perhaps, a prompt like, "I will consider letting go of..." may feel more doable. Overall, a fantastic and beautifully crafted document. Thanks again!
Again thanks I am a techno dummy you may receive 2 text but I c wonder if there is a chance one of the Poetrg Cultute could read a segment and help me with this fear?
Thank you for sharing this, Alex! I have been applying for jobs (over 100 till now) and only receiving rejections and silences. I start doubting my own abilities and my “well crafted academic CV”.
I appreciate that you remind me of the true value of life that’s more than just a CV. I would love to try the quiet CV.
Crying on the inside for my past young self who needed to see an article like this ooph, does it land 🔪🫀😅 such an important piece 🙏 This piece has been sitting within me taking me to old memories and has glimmers of magic. Such a weird experience for me to share so much in all honesty- substack writers are wizards I tell you what, so it invites me to engage and reflect on your words.. learning never ceases 🙏✨😂 And ohh the wisdom of etymology - you’re speaking my language (pun wasn’t intended there but 🤭).
« you can’t measure fulfillment, you can’t count happiness, and you can’t quantify having a life that has meaning » So true 🥳✨ Unless you’re Bhutan trying to apply principles of GNH 🤓😂 But teasing aside - truly, yes you really can’t. Like saying Love is an ocean, so much more depth and multidimensionality than that. Rumi said it best there I think with the common quoteable « You are not a drop in the ocean; you are the entire ocean in a drop. »
Damn if I was that person hiring.. looks over your quiet CV: « supported a friend even though they called me a loser » = Stunning Leadership Quality, also known as « Grace ». Throws all other CVs away. Hired ✅😂 Having started in the world of International Development and Healthcare alongside a background in dance/martial arts/rock climbing (look at me slinging my obnoxiously loud things around 🤫😂) the pressure cooker in all of these places of accumulating accolades is so real (the paradox is that all of these things at the Heart undressed of their shadows are rooted in so many opposite things that are quintessential quiet CV vibes 😂 🧐) 🫨 Jedi mind tricks man, the programs that run out there that try to measure worth and calculate value that’s not inherent to our innate Being and instead achievements are like a ticket order at a meat locker or something - rough 😮💨😂 ( if someone put ´wholehearted pristine Discernment anchored in inherent trust and worth with impeccable embodied ethics irreverent honesty and loving presence’ I’d say well how about I hire you? Or scrap that, take you to dinner? But I mean sorry you can’t have the job if that happens because it’d be unethical, naturally 🤣) Being a dork aside, beautiful lessons though and a ´challenge accepted’ kind of moment ⚔️ to enjoy it all, have grace, and still you know - love yourself through a wild weird experience that ironically brings out our messy humanness moreso. We’re such weird creatures no? 😂✨❤️
Haha I must be bonkers because I think it all is relevant to our jobs though I understand the sentiment. Interconnections of it all, like your other piece said about ongoing chain of events connected 🕸️✨ confession: After being 1 of 3 candidates to my dream job yet rejected for it once upon a few lifetimes ago I did a weird thing (Quiet CV moment: the most valuable experience I would’ve had with them anyway ‘twas the immense humbling magic of volunteering for them). I did an experiment where I started interviewing my interviewers like is often recommended but in my own way to see if they and the environment were essentially where you’d call the quiet CV, could thrive 🤭 You know what happened? I’d often get an invitation for hire 😂 Did I often take them? Nope 😂 But it led me to an experience in which I got to work with a beautiful mentor modeling business differently - and the best advice that set me free from that proving professionalism hamster wheel that is entirely suffocating (for me) was that professionalism is like going into a glass house with glass walls and someone not unkind but not warm telling you to sit on a couch covered in plastic 👏😂 And gasp 😮 ! gaps ?! 😱 Having had additionally some major gaps in my Loud CV due to some life rocking experiences (on the Quiet CV: Opportunities for Growth) the time away from the world really lets you sink into the very loud silence and is highly undervalued as a skill. Its okay to be human raw and real while remaining elegantly polished (I mean Pearls right?) And as you say, credentials and all the things in that realm are beautiful and being proud of hard work or achievements is a wonderful thing 🥳 long as it doesn’t make a home inside you to vampire itself while sipping on your worthiness 🧛♀️
Also so much honor and reverence for your journey with your friend. Thank you for sharing such a vulnerable part. Another one of those tender timing of serendipity moments for me ❤️
So. How we get this on every school campus bulletin board 🤔😂✨ Also I’m going to send this to my niece and nephew who just began college thank you 🙏 🥰
So appreciate your work and all the invitations for reflection ✨🌹
P.s. You may possibly enjoy the Fear Project by Jaimal Yogis? One of my favorites, his story rocks 🌊 📖
Thanks so much for your kind reply Nancy. I totally agree-- it's more and more important we try to create our own opportunities that fit our values, even if this is not always easy.
Do you have experience with this and what is your experience with CVs/Resumes? The Quiet CV workbook is free for personal use so I'd encourage you to give it a download if you want to try it!
I feel pretty insecure about my CV and I hate how loudly its empty spaces ring in my head. I LOVE the concept of a quiet CV, stating all the things we overall for this big bang of archiments. Thank you for this!
I loved working on my Quiet CV - it was a meditative and empowering exercise in giving myself permission to acknowledge my inner value, the hard work I put into getting where I am today, and who I'm thankful for by giving me love, support and emotional grounding. Thank you, Poetry Culture for this wonderful gift to myself!
Thank you so much Kevin! That means a lot. I really appreciate you doing the workbook! Any tips/suggestions on how to make it even better are always appreciated
The download format (PDF) made it difficult to input and edit my responses - I suggest a Word or Google doc. Links to each section in the 'Contents' page would make it easier to navigate if I want to go back for copy/paste. Finally, the 'Declaration of Independence,' for me, was difficult because I'm still undecided whether a hard break with (harmful) people/things/ideas is best for me. Perhaps, a prompt like, "I will consider letting go of..." may feel more doable. Overall, a fantastic and beautifully crafted document. Thanks again!
Yes you do walk a line between your truth and the hoped for resonance of others you have discovered by block I am too afraid to share my work
Whats the biggest obstacle in sharing your work? Fear of judgement? Something else?
Fear of my writing in my state of emotion mind that I have not given the freedom to express I get stuck at what and why it hurts peace
Again thanks I am a techno dummy you may receive 2 text but I c wonder if there is a chance one of the Poetrg Cultute could read a segment and help me with this fear?
Thank you for sharing this, Alex! I have been applying for jobs (over 100 till now) and only receiving rejections and silences. I start doubting my own abilities and my “well crafted academic CV”.
I appreciate that you remind me of the true value of life that’s more than just a CV. I would love to try the quiet CV.
Starting my work on my quiet CV today. Thank you so much for this.
Dear Alex,
Crying on the inside for my past young self who needed to see an article like this ooph, does it land 🔪🫀😅 such an important piece 🙏 This piece has been sitting within me taking me to old memories and has glimmers of magic. Such a weird experience for me to share so much in all honesty- substack writers are wizards I tell you what, so it invites me to engage and reflect on your words.. learning never ceases 🙏✨😂 And ohh the wisdom of etymology - you’re speaking my language (pun wasn’t intended there but 🤭).
« you can’t measure fulfillment, you can’t count happiness, and you can’t quantify having a life that has meaning » So true 🥳✨ Unless you’re Bhutan trying to apply principles of GNH 🤓😂 But teasing aside - truly, yes you really can’t. Like saying Love is an ocean, so much more depth and multidimensionality than that. Rumi said it best there I think with the common quoteable « You are not a drop in the ocean; you are the entire ocean in a drop. »
Damn if I was that person hiring.. looks over your quiet CV: « supported a friend even though they called me a loser » = Stunning Leadership Quality, also known as « Grace ». Throws all other CVs away. Hired ✅😂 Having started in the world of International Development and Healthcare alongside a background in dance/martial arts/rock climbing (look at me slinging my obnoxiously loud things around 🤫😂) the pressure cooker in all of these places of accumulating accolades is so real (the paradox is that all of these things at the Heart undressed of their shadows are rooted in so many opposite things that are quintessential quiet CV vibes 😂 🧐) 🫨 Jedi mind tricks man, the programs that run out there that try to measure worth and calculate value that’s not inherent to our innate Being and instead achievements are like a ticket order at a meat locker or something - rough 😮💨😂 ( if someone put ´wholehearted pristine Discernment anchored in inherent trust and worth with impeccable embodied ethics irreverent honesty and loving presence’ I’d say well how about I hire you? Or scrap that, take you to dinner? But I mean sorry you can’t have the job if that happens because it’d be unethical, naturally 🤣) Being a dork aside, beautiful lessons though and a ´challenge accepted’ kind of moment ⚔️ to enjoy it all, have grace, and still you know - love yourself through a wild weird experience that ironically brings out our messy humanness moreso. We’re such weird creatures no? 😂✨❤️
Haha I must be bonkers because I think it all is relevant to our jobs though I understand the sentiment. Interconnections of it all, like your other piece said about ongoing chain of events connected 🕸️✨ confession: After being 1 of 3 candidates to my dream job yet rejected for it once upon a few lifetimes ago I did a weird thing (Quiet CV moment: the most valuable experience I would’ve had with them anyway ‘twas the immense humbling magic of volunteering for them). I did an experiment where I started interviewing my interviewers like is often recommended but in my own way to see if they and the environment were essentially where you’d call the quiet CV, could thrive 🤭 You know what happened? I’d often get an invitation for hire 😂 Did I often take them? Nope 😂 But it led me to an experience in which I got to work with a beautiful mentor modeling business differently - and the best advice that set me free from that proving professionalism hamster wheel that is entirely suffocating (for me) was that professionalism is like going into a glass house with glass walls and someone not unkind but not warm telling you to sit on a couch covered in plastic 👏😂 And gasp 😮 ! gaps ?! 😱 Having had additionally some major gaps in my Loud CV due to some life rocking experiences (on the Quiet CV: Opportunities for Growth) the time away from the world really lets you sink into the very loud silence and is highly undervalued as a skill. Its okay to be human raw and real while remaining elegantly polished (I mean Pearls right?) And as you say, credentials and all the things in that realm are beautiful and being proud of hard work or achievements is a wonderful thing 🥳 long as it doesn’t make a home inside you to vampire itself while sipping on your worthiness 🧛♀️
Also so much honor and reverence for your journey with your friend. Thank you for sharing such a vulnerable part. Another one of those tender timing of serendipity moments for me ❤️
So. How we get this on every school campus bulletin board 🤔😂✨ Also I’m going to send this to my niece and nephew who just began college thank you 🙏 🥰
So appreciate your work and all the invitations for reflection ✨🌹
P.s. You may possibly enjoy the Fear Project by Jaimal Yogis? One of my favorites, his story rocks 🌊 📖
Warmly,
Diana ✨🌙
Speaks fluent narcotrafficanté
Thanks so much for your kind reply Nancy. I totally agree-- it's more and more important we try to create our own opportunities that fit our values, even if this is not always easy.
Do you have experience with this and what is your experience with CVs/Resumes? The Quiet CV workbook is free for personal use so I'd encourage you to give it a download if you want to try it!