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>It felt good to be detached emotionally. Never again will I sacrifice my personal time again at work. Its not worth it to yourself, and also to the company.

If you happen to fall into emotional attachment and feeling guilty again, don't beat yourself up for feeling those things. There's a big gap between not taking time off in 4 years/feeling guilt and being able to emotionally detach. Sometimes it takes years to reorient your life and values away from feeling guilt for asking for what you want. Many times the people who have manipulated you will refuse to accept you are trying to change and this will make it much harder.



Thanks for the words. I'll keep that in mind.

I'm actually planning on leaving this place soon. I've been with the same group of people for a while and it seems nothing is going to change.

I'm planning on letting the new place, wherever it is, know from the start about my desires for getting work done as well as R&R.

...or just start a business of my own. We'll see.




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