I've worked "blue-collar", "white-collar" and the military. Out of all those three, the corporate world (where I am now) I have found to be the most debilitating in terms of that performative prison you allude to. I realise that a lot of people thrive in it (or seem to), but I find it mentally and 'spiritually' exhausting maintaining all those masks, layers and filters everyday.
Hence I've been drawn to the ideas and practices here, albeit trying things in small chunks.
I agree - much of corporate life in my experience boils down to curating an image, perception etc…spending time defending it also from passive aggressive snipes, rather than doing anything substantively real. Granted this is just a part of being human, still it’s become far worse in the last decade I think. Also perhaps a feature of essentially economically unproductive cultures that are more parasitic than growth oriented.
I've worked "blue-collar", "white-collar" and the military. Out of all those three, the corporate world (where I am now) I have found to be the most debilitating in terms of that performative prison you allude to. I realise that a lot of people thrive in it (or seem to), but I find it mentally and 'spiritually' exhausting maintaining all those masks, layers and filters everyday.
Hence I've been drawn to the ideas and practices here, albeit trying things in small chunks.
I agree - much of corporate life in my experience boils down to curating an image, perception etc…spending time defending it also from passive aggressive snipes, rather than doing anything substantively real. Granted this is just a part of being human, still it’s become far worse in the last decade I think. Also perhaps a feature of essentially economically unproductive cultures that are more parasitic than growth oriented.
Thanks for the kind words - really appreciate it.