The Cost of Fixing Things
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The Cost of Fixing Things
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#2So, take care of yourself, even when your job is to take care of others, and be aware of your limits. Makes sense to me.
I appreciated the pointers to the other aspects of burnout beyond overwork.
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#3Her entire blog is a goldmine.
Consider: https://cate.blog/2019/05/08/where-do-you-start-when-a-team-...
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#4I read the first few paragraphs and skimmed some more. There's nothing of value to be found here, just a long incoherent rant.
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#5So, take care of yourself, even when your job is to take care of others, and be aware of your limits. Makes sense to me. I appreciated the pointers to the other aspects of burnout beyond overwork.
We should not be tied up by our work although the society thinks that it is what defines us. In that situation, the best solution is to find another job where you do not have to do 'firefighting' all the time, life is too short to be sacrificed for that.
It's kind of frustating when you care for others, but they do not appreciate your effort. Well, big corporations care about profit, not about the employees. Try to find smaller companies or do your own business.
Wish her the best
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#6I read the first few paragraphs and skimmed some more. There's nothing of value to be found here, just a long incoherent rant.
Agreed, the writing is often incomprehensible.
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#7So, take care of yourself, even when your job is to take care of others, and be aware of your limits. Makes sense to me. I appreciated the pointers to the other aspects of burnout beyond overwork.
We should not be tied up by our work although the society thinks that it is what defines us. In that situation, the best solution is to find another job where you do not have to do 'firefighting' all the time, life is too short to be sacrificed for that. It's kind of frustating when you care for others, but they do not appreciate your effort. Well, big corporations care about profit, not about the employees. Try to f…
I worked with a person like that, in a Security Incident Response role where we were interesting enough that the attacks always started when 'The Americans are celebrating another of their silly holidays'. It meant working through Thanksgiving, Xmas, New Years, and Easter.
It was good that I did it...so that I can recognize the parameters and never do it again.
But the person I worked with is still there, still defined by that job, still running scared, and damn...that's just all kinds of messed up.
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#8I read the first few paragraphs and skimmed some more. There's nothing of value to be found here, just a long incoherent rant.
Also, the first image saying "Fall in Seoul" is from a bridge in Brugge/Belgium.
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#9I read the first few paragraphs and skimmed some more. There's nothing of value to be found here, just a long incoherent rant.
Agreed, the writing is often incomprehensible.
I think there's something in there, but it's buried under a writing style that seems, intentionally or not, to draw most of its influence from long form ad/marketing copy. The stuff where it manages constantly to seem like it's about to say something but defers it absolutely as long as possible, or sometimes never gets around to saying anything at all.
This is distinct from prose that is merely drawn out or flowery, being more like a trickier, grown-up, (apparently) salable version of what a high school student does to pad out an essay or book report.
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#10This is one of those articles where a bunch of people will find solace in the fact that they are not alone, despite not actually coming away with a plan to correct it. There's no real advice in here worth taking that isn't already pretty obvious to anyone that can step back from their circumstances for a moment, and this sort of information is offered in thousands of similar articles.
I can obviously relate to the author regarding a deteriorating work-life balance, and a lot of us have become burnt out or at least experienced intense stress at work. Nothing in this piece makes me believe that she has fixed the problem, and it's not healthy to continue until you break, dropping everything and going on a "walkabout" to some distant place for awhile to pretend like you've solved a problem.
I found it telling that she claims to be a values-oriented person, and yet also a self-proclaimed atheist. People like her should actually try finding themselves again through religion. I'm not even suggesting a specific religion. You don't have to be a believer to gain value by setting aside time to reflect on your life, values, relationships, and why you are here. It also helps to associate yourself with other people that are searching for answers to these things. The lack of religion in people's life is a big contributor to the feeling of a lack of purpose and it allows you to become increasingly unbalanced in life as you prioritize work and material things over what's really important.