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Can we talk about how anxious behaviors are often rewarded in academic/professional settings?
I'm consistently early. I double check everything. I invest a lot of time into planning ahead.
It looks like commitment externally, but there's so much anxiety behind it.
I'm consistently early. I double check everything. I invest a lot of time into planning ahead.
It looks like commitment externally, but there's so much anxiety behind it.
Being the youngest employee in most jobs I've held doesn't help because there's this perception that I have to jump through additional hoops to prove myself as a good worker.
Professors comment on my responsibility.
Employers refer to it as initiative.
The people who know and love me call it burnout - and they aren't wrong.
Employers refer to it as initiative.
The people who know and love me call it burnout - and they aren't wrong.
I'm a good student and I do my job well, but at what cost?
Of course it's on me to set those limits, but we also have to recognize that anxious behaviors are so frequently rewarded that it can be difficult for individuals to change them - or even see why it's necessary to do so.
Of course it's on me to set those limits, but we also have to recognize that anxious behaviors are so frequently rewarded that it can be difficult for individuals to change them - or even see why it's necessary to do so.
I was trying to respond to everyone who replied but I honestly can't keep up. I don't know what to say other than I hope this shows you all you aren't alone and that you know your experience matters. 
