“To Be of Use”: Resources and Tools for Reflection
Thank you for attending “To Be of Use”: Who We Are, What We’re For, and Why It Matters. Following on our time together, here are some resources and tools to help you continue your self-discovery process. Please remember that the University Chaplaincy and the Career Center are eager to support you along your journey.
Individual Appointments with chaplains and career advisors
- To make an appointment with any of our chaplains, please email chaplaincy@tufts.edu
- Make career advising appointments in Handshake
Discovering Ourselves, both independently and in community
- Discernment Dinners
- The Protestant Chaplaincy is continuing discernment dinners from last semester to reflect together on how we understand calling based on a sense of purpose and passion. We are using this book, which Protestant Chaplain Dan Bell will provide to you upon request. Just email him for a copy and to find out when the next dinner is scheduled. Newcomers of any religious or philosophical tradition are welcome.
- Calling In Today’s World: Voices from Eight Faith Perspectives (book)
- Career Center self-assessment resources and worksheets for exploring majors & career paths, competencies, skills, interests, values & more
Struggle and Doubt
- Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer (book)
- Stanford Resilience Project Videos (video series)
- Conquer Imposter Syndrome at Work and in Your Job Search, featuring Arielle Sadan, A12 (video)
“To Be of Use”
- Personal Inventory Worksheet, a tool used to compile personal and career fundamentals (worksheet)
- Transferable Skills Checklist — you have more skills than you think! (worksheet)
Recommended Reading
- To Be of Use by Marge Piercy (poem)
- Our Real Work by Wendell Berry (poem)
- The Summer Day by Mary Oliver (poem)
- Let Your Life Speak book excerpt by Parker Palmer (book excerpt)
- Photosynthesis by Frank Turner (song)
- Song of Myself, 51 by Walt Whitman (poem)
