I feel weird about my job

A year in the work life

This post is paywalled so that I can talk openly about my current job without fearing that my employer will find it out of context. To read it, please upgrade your subscription to Paid.

I never want finances to prevent you from accessing care and healing. I don’t paywall my archive, other than originally paywalled posts, and am committed to keeping my most actionable anti-burnout writing accessible.

The closeness of the situation I write about here makes it the exception. I’m writing from neither the wound nor the scar, but from a place of joy, which somehow feels even more tender and precious. It’s a new thing for me, and I want to protect it.

Thank you for being here.

💜 CB

(Image source)

For two years now I’ve worked for an education company vaguely along the lines of a Mathnasium or Sylvan Learning.

I was originally hired for a seasonal, work-from-home sales position taking inbound calls, and I returned for a second season last spring. With the previous year’s experience lending new confidence, for a few weeks there I really rocked it!

But as I wrote to you a year ago, a cascade of overwhelmingly persistent technical difficulties soon rendered me wholly, utterly, completely, totally unable to do my job.