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The Cure to All Mental Illness?
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“Below Expectations”
My gf just got a “Below Expectations” performance review at her marketing firm. She was asked to relocate from Lebanon to Dubai 3 months ago after being highly regarded as one of if not the best employee at their Lebanon branch. They let go most of their other employees in Leb and she was asked to relocate. The moving months of Aug Sep and Oct were a little challenging with finding apartments and understanding the difference in bureaucracy there but she managed rather well. Despite being asked to do things out side her scope of work… and despite the team sometimes ignoring her ideas and then eventually circling back to them admitting they were great.. she had a decent start. Sure there were a few rough days .. like 5 or 6 when she asked to work from home because she was MOVING APARTMENTS AND FURNISHING IT. But she was…
I am completely and utterly burnt out at my current job. There is no light at the end of the tunnel. I am struggling with forcing myself to do my job every day, because every fibre of me is screaming that I don’t want to be there. I feel like I really need to quit for my mental well-being. But I’m also afraid of it being more difficult to find a new job if I don’t currently have a job. Can I hear some success stories to bolster my courage please?
TLDR: Ancient Greece (and, I'm guessing, many societies from the past) is more similar to our society than I would have guessed. Aristotle reckons that our leisure time should be more than simply “recovering from work”. It should be nurturing to our mind and soul and is a key part of developing our individual selves. He also understands the guilt we feel for not achieving enpugh in our work lives while also feeling guilty for not achieving enough in our personal lives. Worth a read if you're interested in the thoughts of very clever dead people. 3-5 minute read
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Not even that far from the truth
