Because I'd been indoctrinated into the belief that "rest was something I must earn" (instead of an inherent need of all creatures), it left me vulnerable to workplace exploitation.
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Just drove back across country from an office thing over the holiday only to miss a meeting this morning because I needed 3 hrs of sleep, and I'm being way too apologetic about it.
So...post is very relevant to my day and I probably needed to hear this.
I pushed myself mercilessly, wringing all the joy from my life until I had nothing left but an exploitative job that wasn't even paying me a living wage...
... (because they fraudulently set up nearly all their employees as "exempt" from overtime even though most of us, including myself, technically weren't meeting the criteria of "exempt" employees).
Mirroring the toxic behaviors of our CEO, I gave up my life for that job (sometimes working 60+ hours a week), losing my hobbies and wrecking most of the relationships that had been valuable to me prior.
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So...post is very relevant to my day and I probably needed to hear this.
These are losses I will never get back.