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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Self care? Chores? Try and fix every problem with your life before you have to go back in less than 24 hours to the job you hate?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You recognize that you can’t always get what you want, and focus on appreciating what you have, rather than what you cannot change.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And you evaluate the parts you don’t like, asking “is this somehow serving the parts I do like?”

The job is meaningful if it allows your family to have a house.

But if there’s another job that maybe sucks less but pays just as much, then maybe your current job isn’t so meaningful. It’s just meaningless pain.

By doing this evaluation you get benefit on both sides of that outcome:

When something does serve the parts you like, it’s easier to bear
When something doesn’t serve the parts you like, it’s good to know so you can work on swapping it out with something that does

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Sage advice.