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In today's era of workplace burnout, achieving a simpatico work-life relationship seems practically out of reach. Being tired, ambivalent, stressed, cynical and overextended has become a normal part of a working professional life. The General Social Survey of 2016, a nationwide survey that since 1972 has tracked the attitudes and behaviors of American society, found that 50 percent of respondents are consistently exhausted because of work, compared with 18 percent two decades ago. ... common signs of burnout include:
- Feeling emotionally drained and mentally unwell. Nausea. Being unable to sleep or constantly fighting sicknesses like head colds.
- Feeling alienated by your colleagues and bosses, feeling constantly underappreciated, or feeling ostracized by them.
- Feeling you are not personally achieving your best, or regularly "phoning it in."
"There are a lot of things that can happen when people begin to have this problem at work," Dr. Maslach said. "There are things like absenteeism, turnover, but also things in terms of errors, not being careful about the work they're doing. We see a lot of difficulty with people getting along with each other — angry, aggressive." ... If you're suffering from burnout at work, or if any of those symptoms sound familiar to you, there are a few things you can do now, before you get some time off to recover. (Although you should definitely consider some time off to recover, if you can.)
- Focused breathing, which can tap into your parasympathetic nervous system to help you reduce or manage stress.
- Frequent breaks, preferably five-minute breaks for every 20 minutes spent on a single task, or sitting at your desk.
- Ergonomic chairs and desks, like a sit-stand arrangement, or even a small plant in your office space.
- A trusted mentor at work with whom you can discuss and strategize other ways to deal with work-related issues.
- A hobby outside of work through which you can decompress, de-stress and dissociate from work. It doesn't have to be anything specific, but regular exercise or another fitness activity works wonders here, and has benefits beyond stress relief.
AI and robots don't need yoga, meatbag.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 06 2017, @10:52PM (7 children)
When you burn out, your career is finished.
UNLESS, your name is Michael David Crawford.
Let's count the luck:
[1] Diagnosed mentally ill. Career ending move. MDC survives anyway.
[2] Unemployed for years. Career ending move. MDC survives anyway.
[3] Homeless. Career ending move. MDC survives anyway.
Michael David Crawford deserves to be lying face down dead in a ditch, by the standards of our society which apply to everybody else but not to MDC.
Michael David Crawford is either the luckiest man alive, or Michael David Crawford is a motherfucking liar.
Fuck MDC.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 06 2017, @11:04PM (2 children)
Do you have any reasoning beyond your assumptions that he should be dead? Or are you just mad at him for some reason?
(Score: 3, Informative) by DECbot on Wednesday September 06 2017, @11:10PM (1 child)
Perhaps a jealous troll noticing the grass is greener under the neighbor's bridge?
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 06 2017, @11:16PM
I prefer to think that one of his personalities is trolling himself.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 06 2017, @11:20PM
Hey dickweed... I'd rather hang out with MDC or even EF before hanging with an AH.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Wednesday September 06 2017, @11:46PM (2 children)
Or maybe he posts about all that stuff on Soylentnews as a therapy medium to help keep his head above water. Plus some luck.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by inertnet on Thursday September 07 2017, @12:45AM (1 child)
Or maybe he's just a really skilled coder.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by anubi on Thursday September 07 2017, @06:23AM
If it wasn't for World War II, likely even Einstein would have gone un-noticed. Tesla died a pauper.
I believe MDC is probably a really good coder, and a so-so salesman, hence he flies under the radar. From what I see, a lot of us do the same. We are terribly wrapped up in our work, but no one appreciates it ( or even knows about it ).
This forum may well be the only place on this planet where anyone even knows about the guy's capabilities. Look at all the "antiques" shows to see other things of great value, ignored and passed by, because everyone thought the "new, shiny" was more valuable... ( and from what I have seen, lately, the "new, shiny" isn't worth much. Looks great, but doesn't last. ).
Do your thing, MDC, and hopefully some guy with the financial skill to do the money thing will take you on to handle the technical thing. I can certainly understand, as I am a "one-trick pony" as well. Most stuff - well let's just say I am several cans short of a six-pack... but there are a few things I am really good at.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]