Protect your life from unstable emotional changes
The first thing we need to know about our emotions is that they are temporary. Despite their transience, they have a huge impact on our lives. Because emotions push us to react or make a decision, that is, to take action. We are almost unable to stand still.
In today's chaotic world order, it is only natural that we experience emotional fluctuations. At the same time, it is our responsibility to prevent our emotions from damaging our lives.
Why do we experience sudden emotional changes? We can say that there are both physical and intellectual factors behind this situation. Our toxic eating habits and sedentary lifestyle have negative effects on our gut microbiota and hormones. These effects, which cause biochemical irregularities in our body, can cause challenging emotional fluctuations. In addition, anxieties, expectations, uncertainties and life pressures can make it difficult to manage our emotions.
Ultimately, our lifestyle, diet and outlook on life, combined with the effects of chaotic city life, can influence our emotions through both physical and psychological factors. One of the most critical consequences of this situation is the risk it poses to our reactions and decisions.
In daily life, we may make unstrategic, dysfunctional decisions in our relationships, business life or health issues, or show reactions that may not benefit us or even harm us due to the effect of these sudden emotional changes. Thus, we surrender the flow of our lives to the errant driving of our emotions. And these don't have to be big decisions or reactions. Because most of the time we shape our lives through the small actions we take every day.
Making decisions and reactions based on our values and goals, not our emotions, has a tremendous impact on our quality of life and peace of mind. This is where taking control of life lies.
In order to manage the process in times of emotional volatility, I suggest you take note of the following inner conversation practice and carry it with you. Over time, you will adopt this understanding and you will spontaneously speak these sentences.
Although it may feel like my current challenging emotions will never go away, they are temporary, and when I give myself enough time, they will subside. I'm going to give myself time and I'm not going to let this emotion force me to do anything. The decision I make right now, the word I say or the reaction I show will not be under my control and the consequences may lead to situations I don't want. I will just wait for the emotion to pass and then act with common sense and calmness, according to my values and goals.
It may not be easy to do this work when emotions are very high. So reading these sentences once every day will make you much more prepared.
Now, take an outside look at where you are today, despite all the challenges you have faced throughout your life. Realize the effort you have put into your career, your relationships or the opportunities you have. So protect your life from your unstable mood swings.
Silent resignation is the new institutionalism of the modern age
If you actively use social media channels or follow foreign news sources, you may have seen the concept of 'quiet quitting' somewhere. It means 'quiet quitting', on which various discussions are held, on which the concepts of good-bad, right-unjust, right-wrong, right-wrong are intertwined, and on which many people who are part of corporate life around the world continue to share their opinions.
Quitting here means quitting the job; in other words, 'silent resignation' is used. So, what does this silent quitting mean; quitting your job 'quietly' without anyone hearing or knowing? Actually no; in its most succinct form, it is quitting without quitting your job; 'quiet quitting.' You may have started to have more questions in your mind, you are right. Let's take a closer look at what 'quiet quitting' is and what it is not.
This concept, which received more than 17 million views after being shared on TikTok, has been used by many news sources around the world and is still being used. Because silence has attracted the attention of both employees and employers and large corporate companies. So much so that it has divided the corporate world into two; those who support quiet quitting and those who argue that it is a wrong course of action and way of thinking. In fact, it can be said that it has increased the tension between many managers and employees. Because employers, who are aware of the situation, are also agitated, worried and angry; in short, tension is increasing in the business world.
So, how should we approach this issue? First of all, by remembering that there are two sides to the coin; yes, it is important to establish a work-life balance, but it is also important not to ignore work ethics and to continue to develop. Is quiet quitting just a concept about keeping private life separate from work or is it not so innocent and shallow? Judging by the intensity of the debate, it is not that simple. Because the future of countries, and therefore the future of the world, could be at stake. Maybe this quiet quitting path leads to increased unemployment and dulled minds, who knows...
It has affected everything from our social habits to the way we work, from our priorities to our understanding of health. Consequently, the concept of well-being has become much more important. So, should supporting well-being mean letting things go? There is no doubt that burnout is one of the most serious problems of our age; we can feel exhausted in many areas of our relationships, work life, personal life and daily routines. However, silently waiting for time to pass without doing anything to solve the problems does not benefit us, our work or the people around us. Therefore, silent abandonment may not be recognized as a cure for burnout, especially if work is not the cause of that burnout...
It is important to get to the root of burnout here. Is it really about work or is it about everything that comes with the times? Economic crises, wars, diseases, restrictions, everything that threatens well-being, does it come from work? Is it the job, the employer, or the world we live in today that is really responsible? Therefore, it is essential to work with awareness and urgency; especially in this period when financial difficulties are intensifying worldwide and unemployment is increasing...
How effective do you think these words - have a steady job, have a regular income, pay your insurance, a little bit of food, no pain - are on the new generation? In the past, especially young employees invested all their energy into their jobs to advance in their careers, but what happened today that made them decide to give up and quietly step aside? Could silent resignation be a new generation of work stoppage or the modern strike mentality of Generation Z? Or is it all based on 'so much work for so much money'?
Is it not a rebellion against the employer but against the country, the world, a global outcry? Is it unsatisfying work or money or country or world? The answer could be all of these, but it is debatable whether silent resignation is really the solution.
If you don't think there is a tangible problem, but you still don't feel happy, enthusiastic or motivated about work-related issues and therefore think that 'quiet quitting' is the answer, maybe what you need to do is to take a break to find the real source of your feelings and thoughts. You can ask for time off from work, take some of your annual leave and in the process decide what you really want, why you don't feel good. Maybe all you need is to get away from everyone and everything for a while and just relax.
Finally, if 'quiet quitting' is the last exit for you before you quit your job for good, think instead about actually not quitting your job.
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