Blame men for your unhappiness. The ones who are married, most of them are pulled in all different kinds of directions. The key component at play here is stress. It's an institution that serves men better than it does women.You're personal anecdote disproves everything said here!I agree that the solutions offered her are confusing: what is the profile of this professional woman?Is she single because she's divorced, or single because she's never been married?
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All of us have felt unhappy at one point or another in our jobs, and a surprising number of us are chronically unhappy in our current positions--more than half, in fact. Unhappiness makes us less productive, less healthy, and miserable in general. Psychology Today © 2020 Sussex Publishers, LLC Into the Shadows: The Psychology of the Undercover World
And narcissistic people don't handle attachment and close emotional relationships very well, which is a habit that tends to reach "diminishing returns" in our 40's..... along with declining physical attractiveness, especially for women who are also much more "biologically-driven" than men to begin with. Why did you not mention wage parity as a solution to the unhappiness problem? James Westwood . Men do not at any time want a male revolution.You gals wanted to share in our burden, and congrats you got it.Husbands will not riot to share in domestic duties any time soon, not in the foreseeable futureI'm a bit confused because the person you profile as unhappy is single, but then you promote the solution of sharing household chores between husband and wife.Making more money would certainly make someone who invested a large sum of money in an education happier. Bunk, debunk, whatever. I secretly believe they worry their households would survive without their immediate and direct stewardship.This was my experience as well. You can either quit your job or get used to the idea of adjusting to an ungrateful occupation in exchange for a salary.
It's entirely within your power to make positive changes in your own life, even if that means leaving this job for another opportunity.
Not because someone forced you to." The latter, while a seemingly empowering and satisfying endeavor, has turned into an emotional (and in some cases literal) death sentence for many career women as they strive to do everything and be everything to everyone.
Unhappiness at work is a common problem.
And then while you're trying to maintain this social life that everyone seems to expect you to have, you hear things that make it seem like you're just lazy like, When are you going to climb the ladder and get to the top? What exactly is making you so unhappy job after job? Grow up, we didn't take you to raise.The solution is obvious. If they do, you are on a collision course with Be sure to read the following responses to this post by our bloggers:Surely these two situations are entirely incompatible?Not at all. According to the These multiple, often conflicting roles leave many women feeling as if they're performing a colossal daily juggling act and it's taking a toll on their happiness. If your circumstances require that work take up 70 percent of your time, do what you need to do to make sure that at least some of your remaining 30 percent is spent doing something self-nurturing and stress-reducing.There is no reason that doctrine can't apply equally in the home and at the office.There is nothing wrong with being chief cook and bottle washer as long as those things don't consume every moment of your waking hours.