Responding to mass workplace resignations. Refusing reactive quitting, building systems instead.

New Year's Day. Half my team just resigned.

Not because of anything I did. Not because of anything they did wrong. The incentives that kept people here—the bonuses, the stability, the promises—evaporated. And when incentives vanish, so do people.

My first instinct was to follow them out the door. Reactive quitting. "If they're leaving, I should too."

But reactive decisions made in emotional moments rarely serve us well.

Instead, I asked myself: What can I build right now that serves me regardless of what happens next?

The answer wasn't another job application. It was systems. Routines. Practices that work whether this job survives or not.

Morning movement. Evening reflection. Weekly connection with people who matter. Daily acts of mercy toward myself.

Jobs come and go. Teams form and dissolve. Incentives appear and vanish.

But the systems you build? Those travel with you.

When the external structures collapse, the internal ones hold you up.

#MercyClimb