@emilybruth: If an entire system is being held together by one person, that person takes a sick day, and that system falls apart as a result....that is not the sick person's fault, that's a poorly designed system. Whether you're feeling trapped personally or professionally by broken things you feel responsible for holding together, please take a second to consider what letting that thing break would look like and if it would finally get you the help you need. (Again, I am trusting you to use your best judgment here.) #burnout #peoplepleaser #highachiever
From a mentor: let the ball roll off the table. Every time you make a diving catch to save the ball, you only injure yourself, and no one thinks there’s a problem.
2025-02-01 16:30:39
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KiraShae :
our team motto currently is "let people fail" followed by "you are not a renewable resource, conserve yourself"
2025-02-02 00:03:23
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Kelsey :
That’s so hard when you’re a supervisor and your staff would be the ones being impacted 🥺
2025-02-01 18:02:56
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HollowPointe :
uh. I'm a repair technician, idk what to do with this information 😭
2025-02-02 12:59:05
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seankozak2 :
Most importantly SEND AN EMAIL about the potential break and SAVE THE EMAIL so when they try to blame you, you have the receipts!
2025-02-12 06:14:41
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Soula Beauty Co. :
And this is why I document the communication and move on
2025-02-01 16:49:45
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LastSeahorse 🆘️🇺🇲🔥 :
if you don't let t break, it *will* break you.
2025-02-02 05:05:13
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Seth Chomout :
Instructions unclear — house on fire.
2025-02-01 20:52:07
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Auntie Joi :
I always say "Don't fill in the cracks, b/c then they won't know there are cracks"
2025-02-04 16:40:42
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thisonegirlc :
Honestly this is the one of the hardest things you can ever do if youre a vaguely competent person.
2025-03-03 06:29:09
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Beyond The Map :
I learnt in a 12 step program 'do not try to prevent a crisis if it is in the natural order of things' 🥰
2025-02-03 23:07:21
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genxmom 🇺🇸🌎💙 :
This is soooooo hard working in public education because the students are the ones that suffer. This is why I must find another school next year.
2025-02-01 22:07:44
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‧₊˚✩ :
I literally left an org for this exact reason. Nobody wanted to fix things bc I was being the glue, so to them it wasn’t broken. Meanwhile my job had become so unsustainable I was having panic attacks
2025-03-19 19:17:37
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Foraging for Jokes :
This, but relationships…
2025-02-03 21:23:48
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Hannah :
I’m a consultant, fixing the broken stuff in the face of people not caring is the whole job 💀
2025-02-05 00:15:29
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Tee Samm :
I tell my team this CONSTANTLY. Upper management sees numbers, not the work that goes into the numbers. Their sanity is not worth the numbers, their mental health is not worth the numbers.
2025-02-20 21:40:47
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KDub :
What are you, like IN my meetings or something? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
2025-03-06 13:28:12
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Pine & Paper :
I was trying to point out what’s broken in my previous work place. All it got me was criticism for my “bad attitude”, “always so negative”
2025-03-07 08:29:04
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MeelaMiela :
Yeeeup. Sandwiched. Supervisor no help. Admin says "fix it" with no instructions. Just got fired for "fixing it." Communicated several times. No one cared.
2025-03-21 02:21:23
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Alana 🏳️🌈 :
The problem is the spin…to make you accountable bc you spoke up. My current situation that I’m currently trying to leave 🤦🏻♀️
2025-02-01 21:38:44
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Melissa :
👀 Needed this about 10 yrs ago. Teachers everywhere are trying to be the glue bcos the clients are children. But doing so destroyed my health and now I can’t be there for my own kids.
2025-02-05 09:47:22
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✨ Just Theo ✨ :
As the theatre teacher in charge of all the lights and sound for assemblies and concerts, YUP— stuff only started getting purchased/replaced when I stopped tape and glue-ing it to pull it together🤣
2025-02-02 04:21:52
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Rosie Blankenship :
But then they tell you to fix it! And it holds you back from being successful & and helping the team be successful because you then scramble to fix it.
2025-02-01 20:07:33
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Christa :
I’m turning this into the would for my morning alarm.
2025-01-31 22:15:18
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Alex :
This doesn’t work if you’re a teacher 😅
2025-02-01 21:28:06
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