Overwhelmed and Over It by Christine Arylo

Author:Christine Arylo
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781608686780
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 2020-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

Working or giving this way doesn’t mean you don’t care. It does not make you a slacker or lazy. It makes you wise. And you don’t have to feel guilty or ask permission when you choose to pull back and give less effort, energy, or time. You are not trying to cheat anyone. Working wise is about giving effort and energy in a way that actually creates value and makes a difference, versus reacting to the impulses of people and systems tied to an insatiable overculture that always wants more — and rarely creates space to savor the effort given. And when there’s no space for savoring the process, path, and people, our hearts feel starved, uninspired, and eventually resentful and burned-out.

Plus, it’s so much more human to operate this way. If organizations want healthy people who are committed to long-term thriving and prospering versus just the short-term burnout and bailout, we must embrace that women lead whole lives. At times parts other than our jobs will require more energy. And that’s okay. In fact, we have to not just be okay with this; we must design how we work to support it.

When I started graduate school, I made a conscious choice to embrace being a B student, giving 80 percent effort and 100 percent commitment. I didn’t announce this; I internally made a choice for what was aligned with me. The reality was that I was working full-time during the day, going to school full-time at night, ending a fifteen-year relationship, and having a personal awakening that required deep healing work. My feminine wisdom, which was just a whisper at the time, pointed out that I had already been accepted into a top business school, and no one was going to ask me my GPA. I was there to learn. So yes, I would show up, be committed, engaged. But instead of killing myself to get the A, I would embrace that my energy was also needed in other places. I needed that extra 30 percent to focus on myself, my healing, and personal growth.

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