Its wonderful to have a job you love.
But it can also lead to feeling defined by your work, and that can be less fun.
There are a number of ways to keep work separate from your identity.
For example, limit how often you check your email.
Not everyone has a career theyre passionate about,and thats fine.
If you do, thats fine, too.
But when your entire identity is defined by that career, it can become problematic.
If something goes wrong with your job, you feel like something is wrong withyou.
Are we really that necessary?
You may or may not agree with their idea that we should embrace irrelevancy.
Its not an easy sell.
Still, they make a valid point that many of us take our work roles very personally.
To keep yourself separate from your job, they suggest limiting how often you do this.
Check your email only at work and only a few times throughout the day.
They also suggest resisting the temptation to check it first thing in the morning.
Its a simple suggestion for a more serious issue, but it can go a long way.
And they offer more insight, too, at the link below.
Stop Worrying about How Much You Matter| HBR
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