Listen, mistakes are going to happen. They are a sign that you are living an engaged life. If you can change your mindset, you'll start to see messing up as an unexpected gift, an opportunity for you to learn and grow.

Have you ever heard your boss say, “We’re all one big family here”? If so, it might be time to rethink your expectations. In the United States, the relationship between employers and employees is not familial—it’s transactional.

Here's a sobering statistic: only 13% of hiring managers say they're willing to hire someone aged 55-65. Their reasoning? Usually some rehashed assumptions about adaptability that sound about as current as a MySpace profile.

It's no wonder that according to Frontiers in Psychology, between 2019 and 2021, there was a 61% increase in mental health discussions on social media platforms around stress, anxiety and uncertainty. And in 2020 after the COVID outbreak, content with these themes spiked 500%. Stressed out employees are joining the online ranks too. According to a study by LinkedIn and Mind Share Partners, 80% of workers have used social media to discuss job-related stress and anxiety.

If it feels like you're experiencing "too much" you'd be right.