ALL IN A DAY'S WORK: when the job causes distress

Once again, I take an exception to the rule - I am writing about something related to work. After all, most of our lives revolve around work and the bulk of what is left spent on sleep. So when at the end of today’s events, a friend said to debrief myself and then get some sleep, I decided to stray from the origins of this blog: my non-doctor self.


Today is Thursday but I could practically say it’s been a very busy and tiring week. It does not feel any worse when certain work place events add to the physical strain. This, especially like when irreversible consequence such as death is a part of the plot. Death that is no one’s fault but that involves a forensic trail with an uncertain but almost little threshold to find someone on whose laps the final blame is thrust unto. I am not responsible for any thing that resulted in the dire outcome of the day but I was active within the circles in which they happened and it’s just very distressing.

So at the end of the work-day, I find myself ebbing towards being garrulous in the company of friends and taking off the lid on impulsive buying. I also stopped over at the video club to pick something that could distract me as well concentrate my thought. It turns out that a comedy can make us as pensive as the odes from a classic.

I have now just finished watching Morning Glory and the plot has indeed provoked my view. The extremes of work-based behaviour between Becky (Rachel McAdams) and Mike (Harrison Ford) can be the two sides of the same coin. While one could be spontaneous and “jerky” about the job, one should also be a bit held back and aloof. OK, may be not to wear that snarl and go about grouchy at work as Mike did, but sometimes in that alone cum eccentric position, inspirational thoughts can be very deep! Becky sums it up when she finally sees it up to the neck and screams “I am tired of feeling guilty about my work”. What a truth.

We should enjoy our jobs and when circumstances speak in the contrary remember tomorrow is another day. We will have to leave today’s night behind and give life another shot at the break of a new day.