Being Busy Isn’t Virtuous
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Work is a part of life. But being busy isn’t necessary. We keep ourselves busy to avoid things we actually want to do.
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Work is a part of life. But being busy isn’t necessary. We keep ourselves busy to avoid things we actually want to do.
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The Pandemic has helped us change the way we work. And there’s no “back” to go to. We ought to make work work.
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Keeping a flexible schedule is really convenient, but it requires heavy personal effort to maintain boundaries.
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Episode 37 of the Make Saints podcast
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Quiet quitting is about labor, life, and the value people bring to their work. The ones who want you to hate it sign checks.
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The phrase “self-care” doesn’t just give off weird vibes. Its fundamental flaw is contained in the wording itself.
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The first problem with the way we talk about our economy is that we use phrases that don’t mean what we think. The second is worse.
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The dignity of work is a strange phrase. It is almost never used as an abstract truth, though it intends to be. Otherwise we would hear related truths: The dignity of leisure. …of sleep. …of walking your dog. Or even more telling:The dignity of driving while black. …of sleeping on the sidewalk. …of walking in…