3 ways a spiritual healthy detachment makes a 9-5 job/career easier
Quiet quitting and the great resignation, only within the last two hundred years could the average person have various career choices. Many were taught a profession by their parent and passed it down via family. Today the paradox of choice, colleges full of degrees and jobs people don;t want to work.. With extreme comfort comes complacency, we’re not risking our lives capturing animals to eat, or working child labor hours. While A.I. has yet to kill off industries it still has an impact, our cell phones. Issues from management are workers being distracted on cell phones rather than actually working, while workers complain that management is disrespectful.
The company I currently work at is full of nepotism. Its extremely discouraging. Very few people got raises this year except people that got ‘title’ changes. These were, at least in my opinion, very made up titles that would never translate to a position in another company. All of these promotions went to friends and family of a certain person in upper management. I work on the tech team which is the only team in the company that does not have a friend or relative of this person working on it. We are pretty much the ugly step sisters of the company. Understaffed, overworked and undervalued. I have spoken about this very openly about how the nepotism discourging to my manager but unfortunately he does not have enough pull in the company to make changes. I too feel defeated. I don’t see my self long term with the company. I look at this job as a stepping stone to a better position in the near future.
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This article will benefit those in management and regular workers. It’s important to note the spiritual significance of healthy detachment. It is not immaturely ignoring your duties, or being unempathetic. It’s aware of the theater in your head, the stories you tell yourself. Healthy detachment or dispassion is also known as Vairagya.
First is being grateful that you’re able to provide for yourself and others. With the rising cost of living this is an unpopular take but immigrants are still willing to risk their lives to live here. Before anything start to journal day by day. Even better if it’s a gratitude journal. When you are reminding yourself and writing down what you’re grateful for on a consistent basis what was once a huge blow-up at work may become a small significance at. After this happens a few times you will begin to notice how the old you would have reacted. This exercise magnifies if you can add a daily meditation coupled with your daily gratitude journal. When is the last time you counted your blessings.?
There are young people who are trying to sabotage their workplaces while playing the victim. Some are doing this for money, some are doing this to boost their ego in a power struggle against their superiors. You want nothing to do with this which leads to our next healthy detachment, work politics.
Second is less stress with work politics, if your practicing mindfulness and are focused on the task at hand, you won’t have much time for work gossip. Work politics is the fastest way to build. Remember, chasing name and fame is seeking worldly attachment and praise. Many people caught up in work politics seek to bring others down to boost themselves. Also, many are fighting for promotions to boost their egos. Surprisingly, those who are so focused on their agendas at work are usually the least productive.
Third is expectations, what results are you looking for? And more importantly how much real control do you have over your expectations? Nepotism is a real thing, so are toxic coworkers at the bottom and unempathetic management at the top. The benefit of healthy detachment at the workplace will allow you to leave work problems at work. In return, you will have a more fulfilled home life. Regardless of Whatever your work expectations are it’s usually something impermanent. Expectations change, economies change, and people’s motives change, but the inner self of the atman remains. Don’t let your work expectations control you.
In conclusion, we spend 1/3 of our lives sleeping and the majority of the rest of our time working. So why not gain control of your inner desires, perceptions and expectations? Work-life is just another drama in the theater of the mind that we should develop a healthy detachment from. This will not only make you more efficient and productive but you will lead a less stressful life as well..