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'I Hate Work!'

Start from zero and build a new relationship to yourself and your labor.

Heather Havrilesky
Nov 17, 2021
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Pattern of Leaves (1923) by Georgia O’Keeffe

Hi Polly,

I’m a 25 year old and I’m burned out. I work in a field I like, but my boss thinks I don’t work fast enough even though the pace has made me so sick I had to take weeks off. She sat me down and told me this pace was normal in our industry, and that she was being easier than most.

I am so tired of worki…

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