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The most helpful advice around this actually came from a therapist. One of the things I started with in therapy was stress at work. You can just get your work
by jcpst 4y ago
The most helpful advice around this actually came from a therapist. One of the things I started with in therapy was stress at work.
You can just get your work done. You don’t have to give 100% for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Some days it’s ok to be at 50%, and not feel guilty about it.
Sometimes I spend a few hours at work just learning stuff. I still get everything I committed to done.
At a certain point, I realized I was at the level that I spent years grinding to get to.
Once you’re there, recognize it. You can be a valuable person on the team whose input is important. A long time ago my dad once said “Get paid for what you know”. That had a profound impact on me.
If you’re still working on getting to your comfortable work/life balance, then by all means keep going. But keep checking to see if you already made it to where you want to be, or if you took on too much.