Posted by mist on April 20, 2001, at 13:09:25
In reply to Re: Understimulation on the job and Depression, posted by roo on April 20, 2001, at 8:39:52
I think I'm the artistic personality type as well, as described in The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People--I forget who the author it.
Sometimes I think if I could just work with other creative people, or at least those with a stronger enthusiasm for the arts and artists than most people I've worked with have had, it would make a big difference.
Even if the work itself wasn't that exciting, at least the water cooler chitchat would be less deadening.
Thanks for all your responses...it helps to know
> people can relate. I go in and out of phases of
> being upset about my job (I guess everyone does)...
> sometimes I'll be like "I am NOT my job" and really
> focus more on my life outside of work. I've got a lot
> of stuff going on outside of work...I'm a freelance
> writer....I paint...I have animals...I'm usually taking
> a few classes (at the moment web page design and
> mindfulness meditation)...but I have my most vital
> energy in the daytime...and to spend 8 of those hours
> at a boring job really drains and depresses me. And then
> sometimes I think "What is it about me that attracts
> these boring mindless jobs? Why do I continually find
> myself in these situations?"...basically asking myself
> "What is the lesson here?". I make half way decent money,
> but my work isn't challenging. I am scared of stress b/c
> I don't deal with it well at all (can't think straight,
> burst into tears, etc), so I avoid more challenging work.
> I'm really right brained and creative, and artists dont'
> make much money....I have a hard time thinking in a linear,
> abstract, logical, problem solving kind of way...
>
> Oh my lord, I am rambling...sorry about that...guess
> I'm just a lost soul in the forrest of "where do I fit
> in in this world? How can I contribute and get paid for
> it and actually like what I'm doing and not be too
> stressed out?"
poster:mist
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