Burnout… and not the XBox type.
pbot | May 27, 2009 | 9:47 amFound this great article over at A List Apart… it’s like they violated my brain and dumped everything into an article.
A few points in the article really summed me up:
- You are no longer emotionally invested in your job or the work you’re doing.
- There is a clear disconnect between your personal values and what is expected of you.
- A significant amount of your day is focused on tasks that are not fulfilling on a personal or emotional level.
Now I just need to work on rectifying the situation i’ve sailed into. That’s going to be the hardest part due to my working situation in the USA, but it’s not unachievable. I just need to “change my situation”.
pffft. Karl Marx was talking about this shit in the
G | May 27, 2009 | 1:47 pmpffft. Karl Marx was talking about this shit in the 1840s. It’s called Alienation of labor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx’s_theory_of_alienation
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