#559 What to Do When Your Work Feels Pointless
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The secret test. If the job disappeared tomorrow, would it matter? What do you do about it? Have you had bullshit jobs, Helen? Two and a half.
Okay. One part one. Like almost every day losing a bit of confidence. But I felt a bit scared about, oh, this is a really risky career position to be in, because you're not doing good, valuable work. You can just find yourself sometimes in these situations.
We probably can't solve it overnight. I don't think these things are necessarily solvable overnight. On paper, not pointless, in reality, pointless. And it was a job actually I was really excited about. You will all have a job at some point that feels a bit like this or a lot like this.
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