This was an exceptionally stressful week at work, and I am here to remind everyone (and myself!), once again, to give everyone a little grace in our everyday lives this year of all years. Stress and uncertainty are endemic across personal and professional lives. People’s houses are literally on fire.

My job has an office in Florida, and we had colleagues who went through two back to back hurricanes. We’ve had a year and a half of rolling layoffs. The job market is a battlefield. And yes, I we...