'We live in a hyper-complex, hyper-demanding world. But with self-awareness, self-compassion, and guilt-free self-care, we can minimize the damage we do to ourselves.'
When confronted with numerous stressors, consider addressing those over which you may have some control.Source: Photo Courtesy of Gary Simonds, and I love my job. But I woke up one day and realized that for months, I had been dreading work. And when I did go in, I was all-to-often biting the heads off of colleagues, grumbling at the nurses, and crossing swords with the medical center’s. Oh my god, I told myself, they finally got me. They had burned me out.
The longer the hours, the more impediments to doing our jobs, and the more months going at it without a real break, the “happier” we were. On the other hand, the more we attended to our own needs, the more guilty we felt. This was madness. We had created and competed in an environment where suffering was celebrated and self-care was maligned: “Jeez, what’s going on with Bill? He’s been leaving work early lately—says he wants to have dinner with his family.
And, when I got home, did I shift gears and engage my wife and children on their terms, sensitive to their days, to their triumphs and disasters? Nope. Instead, I dragged all the petty frustrations of my day and disgorged them. Night after night. Not for healthy discourse, mind you, just to accentuate the severity of my wounds. After all, they were my MASH unit, my source of first aid, where I was to be patched up and prepared for re-entry into the fray.
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