Being Grateful For Your Job
- In the 2020 debacle in terms of job and income loss, people who are employed feel a certain pressure to be grateful for it, and even have a measure of real gratitude. Many are thankful that they are still hired, still getting paid every month.
- Jobs provided post-pandemic seem prized, with candidates in awe of the fact that they are being considered, shortlisted and interviewed, when jobs are so scarce.
- While being grateful for what we have is a positive emotion with real benefits, there is a downside to this gratefulness, as it makes a person willing to endure unwelcome situations at work.
MORE IDEAS FROM THE ARTICLE
Gratitude has become a social norm, an internal voice that we must be thankful for a normal life. Suppressing negative feelings isn’t good, and we cannot ignore the problems we have (like workplace harassment or a bad boss) just by appreciating that we still get paid regularly.
Bypassing or avoiding negative feelings cuts off our connections with the signals given by them, resulting in us ignoring the signs of stress, fear, exhaustion and sadness.
If we are too focussed on why we should be grateful for the job we have, we may not realize that the work has become thankless, trapping ourselves in a stagnant career. Employers often milk the situation by cutting down pay, making employees work more hours for less.
Many employers virtually own the employees just because they provide a regular paycheck. One can be grateful if the employer truly deserves it, like if they go the extra mile to ensure their staff does not have problems.
RELATED IDEAS
- The year gone by has made practising gratitude popular, promoting it as an instrument to enhance one’s personal wellbeing.
- Gratitude is a complex and interpersonal emotion that feels incomplete by itself and has to have an addressee, a specific person other than oneself.
- Being thankful for your own health, luck, good looks is a positive and beneficial action but is a feeling that can be described as appreciation and is generally personal.
True gratitude is a communal emotion, not a wellness practice | Psyche Ideas
psyche.co
The virus outbreak has people stirred up in anxiety, with canceling of travel plans and events the world over.
In this ongoing public health emergency, it is easy to overreact, as things remain unclear and potentially dangerous.
How to Distinguish Between a Public Safety Crisis and a Personal Anxiety
forge.medium.com
Gratitude isn’t just a practice of saying thank you, but also the process of focusing your attention away from problems and danger and onto things which are good.
It takes a lot of practice to make gratitude a habit, because our mind are usually powerful problem detectors.
4 Actionable Steps To Feel Happy, Content and Grateful | Scott H Young
scotthyoung.com
❤️ Brainstash Inc.