I'm so glad you were able to leave that job and that toxic boss. Honestly, I don't know what I would do if my bosses just disregarded the fact that, not only am I off work, but I'm in the middle of grieving and you want to hit me up with your lazy requests? (As an assistant I get those types of "I'm too lazy to do it myself" requests all the time, but in this instance I would have been livid).

Once I started learning about how other countries handle work, jobs, etc. it helped me realize how obsessed the U.S. is with work. It's weird because LinkedIn kind of just feels like a 'workplace style Instagram' where everyone shows off about how much they absolutely love their work, love the grind, love the job, etc. I kid you not, I messaged someone I personally know on LinkedIn after seeing her post about her promotion to congratulate her. This post was literally paragraphs long and made everything sound grand, but when I messaged her she was basically venting about how it's not even a 'real' promotion so much as a title change, and how she's planning to leave within the year because her boss is insufferable.

I think people are willing to adopt this workaholic lifestyle because no one wants to be perceived as 'lazy' and 'unambitious'; but it's to the point where we allow employers to invade our boundaries because people are so afraid of messing up their bag. It's honestly heartbreaking