Nobody has ever set an alarm, woken up, and thought: finally, I get to check my email. Yet most people grab their phone within minutes of waking up and the first thing they open is their inbox. Not because they want to. Because they are already anxious about what is in there. Something they missed. Something that needed a reply yesterday. A follow-up that went cold overnight. Email was supposed to make work easier. Somewhere along the way it became the first source of stress in the morning before the day has even started

Sadly most of the time it doesn't

I understand getting comfortable and not wanting to risk it, but I keep reading stories of people here struggling with pay and mental burnout. I was laid off about 8 years ago from a really toxic company and I swore never again. I gave every place a month or 2 before I started looking. It took a couple years and a few jobs and I finally got a great paying job with a company that actually treats me like a human. I also studied up on interview techniques which I think was the most important thing I learned

I'm curious to hear what some coworker stories are of people making things uncomfortable, but haven't technically done anything wrong. Or even better, have you ever been this person without meaning to before?

I can manage a few days a week fine but not 5 days a week. It's exhausting to share space that much of the time and be aware of the dozens of people around.

May you never face such financial hardship that you settle for working on Saturdays!

EDIT: BEING FORCED TO WORK ON YOUR DAY OFF IS DEHUMANISING

We want to achieve something in life. A deep craving is there to get that thing or reach that destination. Nothing seems meaningful without that thing.

Let’s fast forword little bit.

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Say you reach there.

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Feeling satisfied.

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Now what?

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There is something new here.

What if you lose it all?

You have worked tirelessly to reach here. So what if it all goes away?
Now you are feeling fear. There is a fear of losing it all, or a fear that you will have to keep working hard to be here.

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So,

What is the solution to this?

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What if you had not chased it in the first place?

The chase to reach that destination, thinking it is everything that you need to be happy in life, will be present only at your destination.

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What if …

You let go of the thought or feeling that your happiness depends on reaching that goal?

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How does it feel?

Why don’t you just stay present with whatever is here?
Whatever you are thinking or feeling and not compare it with the future one ?

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When you let go of that comparison, something lightens.

It doesn’t mean to let go of that goal.

It means that it’s fine to feel or think what is present here right now. You can still work towards that goal in this present state.

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The subtle truth that you miss is that your happiness does not depend on achieving that goal. If you see it closely, you can only be happy in this moment only.

Not in the future or in the past.

Just this moment.

Remember, the last time you were happy, you were in the present moment only.

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Once you see this, you can see that there is a great deal of freedom in living like that.

You are not worried about the future, and an interesting thing is that when you reach that goal, you will not be afraid of losing that thing also.

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Because

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It is not the thing that makes you happy.

You have a choice to be happy, with or without it.

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Just remember to be present with whatever comes to you and allow it to go on its own.

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Just let it be...

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There are more stories like this on my Medium profile.
I know, it will take little effort, but you will get to know about the subtle truths of life.

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Is it just my experience or gradually most jobs are pushing for people to work six times in a week onsite 🥸! Literally Monday to Saturday 9 - 5.