The District Magazine Vol. 2 Issue 2, Summer 2017 | Page 16

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VACATION?
YES YOU CAN.
by Kristin Leigh
The Not-So-Obvious Reason Why You Can’t
Pull Yourself Away From Your Job.
There are three types of people I’d like to I attribute one single cause that gets people to
speak to in this issue –the graduate entering this point of stress: Fear.
the real world, the seasoned workaholic, and
the budding entrepreneur. Let me first disclaim
for credibility’s sake that I can empathize with
all three of you. I worked ridiculous hours in
public accounting during my 20s. I’ve been
in the corporate world for ten years, next to
complete workaholics. And I was raised by
sleepless entrepreneurial parents.
While
most of us start out with best the intentions
at hand, somewhere along the line our work
style begins to change. We become stressed,
possibly a bit depressed, and we find ourselves
saying, “All I ever do is work. When can I get
a vacation?”
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You see, stress is not the
product of your actual
physical work. Rather,
it’s a reflection of your
confidence level in
actually doing the work.
If we think to the three types of people I reference
above, fear sets in for different reasons. My goal for
each of you is to identify the cause of your fear. This
way you can figure out how to better manage your
workload and take that vacation you deserve.
So for the recent graduate: You scored your first
professional job and are ready to take on the world.