Re:Dramatic growth in mental-health apps has created a risky...
by throwanem on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @12:02AM
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> is it wise to reward yourself for being stressed by having a holiday?
Yes. No matter what the fashion of the moment moves anyone to call it, it absolutely is wise to take a break and recover when you can do that without letting anyone down. The stress will still be there tomorrow, and if you're on a good team, you don't have to carry it alone. As long as you don't shade out when it really needs to be all hands on deck, you're fine. It's not hard to spot the ones who abuse it, and at this point in my career I don't find it hard to avoid places where they're welcome.
Better that than needlessly go one day closer to burnout, don't you think? Speaking of which - to conceive of it as a "reward", and an undue one at that, strikes me as sounding like nothing more strongly than burnout. There's a place you get to where it feels like you're thriving on the misery, but that's only because it's been so long since you had anything to compare it to. The next place down from there is worse.
So yeah, I don't begrudge it of my colleagues when they take the time they need, nor do they of me. We've all seen what happens when you don't. None of us wants to see any more of it. You don't want to either, especially not from the inside. Not everyone makes it back.
Yes. No matter what the fashion of the moment moves anyone to call it, it absolutely is wise to take a break and recover when you can do that without letting anyone down. The stress will still be there tomorrow, and if you're on a good team, you don't have to carry it alone. As long as you don't shade out when it really needs to be all hands on deck, you're fine. It's not hard to spot the ones who abuse it, and at this point in my career I don't find it hard to avoid places where they're welcome.
Better that than needlessly go one day closer to burnout, don't you think? Speaking of which - to conceive of it as a "reward", and an undue one at that, strikes me as sounding like nothing more strongly than burnout. There's a place you get to where it feels like you're thriving on the misery, but that's only because it's been so long since you had anything to compare it to. The next place down from there is worse.
So yeah, I don't begrudge it of my colleagues when they take the time they need, nor do they of me. We've all seen what happens when you don't. None of us wants to see any more of it. You don't want to either, especially not from the inside. Not everyone makes it back.