ER Eddie
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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We've got a few threads floating around here about how our jobs kill us, how early retirement saves lives (the same idea in reverse), and worst parts of our jobs. As someone who is stuck for at least another year in a job he doesn't like, which I'm sure is sapping my life energy, I found these conversations to be both seductive (I love to complain) and depressing (it does me no good).
I thought that maybe a better conversation to have -- or at least a supplemental conversation -- would be to talk about things like:
- How we can cope with a work environment that is killing us?
- How can we survive a toxic work environment?
- How can we protect ourselves from the soul-sapping and life-damaging effects of our work?
- How can we ensure that our jobs do NOT kill us?
Of course, we need to take good care of ourselves physically -- eat well, get physical activity, get enough rest. But beyond that, what else do you do (or could you do) to cope with the stress of a worklife that you find draining?
We often talk here as if the life-sapping stress comes from the work environment itself. To a degree, it does. But stress is not just a matter of the environment; it's about our attitudes towards it, our thoughts, our responses.
So what is it that you do that helps you to survive an unhealthy work situation? How do you protect yourself from the health- or soul-damaging effects of your job? (Besides retiring, that is.)
I thought that maybe a better conversation to have -- or at least a supplemental conversation -- would be to talk about things like:
- How we can cope with a work environment that is killing us?
- How can we survive a toxic work environment?
- How can we protect ourselves from the soul-sapping and life-damaging effects of our work?
- How can we ensure that our jobs do NOT kill us?
Of course, we need to take good care of ourselves physically -- eat well, get physical activity, get enough rest. But beyond that, what else do you do (or could you do) to cope with the stress of a worklife that you find draining?
We often talk here as if the life-sapping stress comes from the work environment itself. To a degree, it does. But stress is not just a matter of the environment; it's about our attitudes towards it, our thoughts, our responses.
So what is it that you do that helps you to survive an unhealthy work situation? How do you protect yourself from the health- or soul-damaging effects of your job? (Besides retiring, that is.)
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