It’s a term I’ve heard more recently in the last few years to refer to ways people neatly package up their intense feelings or emotions away from the world in order to focus on tasks at hand and function somewhat “normally.” I heard it even more recently, today, in a discussion where it was brought up how we, as black women, have to compartmentalize during these incredibly stressful times in order to keep functioning. At first I felt proud of what that meant. It meant I was able to channel my emotions in a way that wouldn’t interfere with work and let them out when I had time and space to do so, be it on the weekends or taking time off. Then I thought about it deeper and it made me furious to think that is something to be proud of and even more so to be acceptable in society. Humans should NOT be compartmentalizing shit to keep working.
Slack(ing) Intelligence
Slack has become a large way companies interact internally. It’s a quick and easy way to confirm or even set up meetings, exchange information, connect with folks across time and distance. There are endless ways why Slack is vital to organization and a total stress reliever. Being able to chat with a friend in another office or someone right next to you without picking up a phone and literally expressing yourself through gifs or emojis is sometimes tantamount to an after-work rage sesh. It’s great. However, I’ve been noticing there are some things about how emojis are used in a group chat setting that have come to make me… pause. So without any prompting whatsoever, I’m going to break-down what I think are important pieces of etiquette to be mindful of when you are apart of that large Slack channel with different types of people or direct messaging your homies.
Stop Doing That!
Sometimes I get anxious when I text my friends in fear they’re going to screenshot our conversation and put it on every social media channel.
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One of my favorite episodes of Park & Rec.