Category: Work
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How Much Has Anger Stolen From You?
I used to work with a toxic Vice President. He verbally assaults people in front of others, manipulates, takes advantage of those who are afraid of him, and fires the rest. His nickname is “Tall Scary Bald Man”. I rehearse arguments with him in the shower daily, I fume and fantasize about telling him off…
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Stop Expecting Life to Get Easy
It seems like you think something is missing. It’s like you’re impatient for the struggles and uncertainty and pain of life to be over. You just want to get the missing ingredient so your life can be easy/simple/better. It’s never going to happen. It doesn’t matter how much you read, who is in your life,…
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Stop Pretending to Be Okay
If you need to take a mental health day, take it. If you’re at work and you’re struggling to keep it together, go home. If you’re around friends or strangers and it’s overwhelming you and you just need to be alone, excuse yourself. You don’t have to pretend to be okay. You getting the space…
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People Pleasers: Saying “No” Might Feel Rude, but Never Saying it Feels Worse
Why do you care about everyone else’s feelings more than your own? Why do you always put yourself last? You do so much for others, you are terrified of upsetting anyone, and none of them even know you are suffering. When was the last time you asked someone for anything? I’m not saying it’s a…
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How to Stop Being a Perfectionist and Reduce Work Stress
Being a perfectionist early in your career is exhausting. You’re scared you’ll get fired if you mess up, you have too much to do in too little time, and it feels like nothing is ever good enough. It sounds trite, but here’s the answer that’s helped me the most: “Show off your shit.” When Perfectionism…
Millennial Anxiety 