The ObservatoryMore than your job
When your whole self-image lives at work, every setback there becomes a threat to all of you. Give the other parts of you their place.
How it works
- The rolesList
- Weigh themRank
- The gapWrite
You are more than one thing. Your job is one part, but there are others: friend, parent, the one who cooks, the one who hikes, the one everyone asks for advice. Some parts have taken up a lot of room. Others have shrunk …
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Why does it work?
Tying the whole self-image to a single area makes wellbeing vulnerable to setbacks precisely there. A more complex self-image seems to dampen the effect of setbacks (Linville 1987 on self-complexity; later studies show mixed but mostly supportive results). The format of the exercise is untested.
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