Work has a crucial place in our lives. But if it’s the main driver of yourself self-worth, you’re putting yourself in a precarious position.
Let me rewind to my first HR manager job. Every day at 12pm I’d make a trivial decision. Do I eat lunch in the lunchroom, or at my desk? My answer was always the same. I’d take my sad-looking salad back to my desk. I was far too busy and important to take 30 minutes for lunch, thank you very much.
I started noticing myself doing daily productivity calculations. I counted minutes like we count calories. Was every moment accounted for? Did I string out the maximum value from every single hour? Fast-forward a few years to 2019, and my little lunch problems turned into a big life problems. I didn’t to listen to my body, and eventually, my body stopped for me.
I went through major burn out, and it was the worst experience of my working life. In that first month, I remember wondering if I’d ever be able to go back to work. I couldn’t get out of bed. I had no energy at all. I found basic tasks at home completely overwhelming.Over those few months, I learned a painful lesson: toxic productivity is all fast-paced, but burnout is a slow burn.
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