“Sorry, I’m not going to be able to work it. I have cancer,” was the response one workaholic contributor to Running Through Rain had to start telling colleagues. They were calling at 5 a.m. with questions while he was on long term disability dealing with his illness.
I promptly shared this with my D.C. stressed colleagues and peers. They responded with unnerving consistency—laughter. Oddly more terrifying was that said laughter was immediately followed by a far away look and hopeful muttering of “maybe it would work?”
This led me to conclude that there is a slight problem.
Or in the famed words of Les Miserables’ Chain Gang~
Look down, look down,
Don’t look ‘em in the eye.
Look down, look down,
You’re here until you die.
What concerns me is that perhaps we want to be “here” until we die. Lovely thought, I know.
Anyway, for the sake of sanity, I am posting a list of well written blogs, references, and other items to help save you from your Monday madness. Enjoy.
Resources
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