What was that tweet about therapy and work?

June 15, 2022 10:14 PM

Sometime in the past 2-3 years there was a tweet about how years of therapy made the author realize they were being taken advantage of at work--but it was phrased in a more nuanced and profound way. I cannot for the life of me remember enough of it to successfully search for it online, but it was important to me and I'd love to find it again. Does anyone remember the actual phrasing, or have a link to the tweet?
posted by rhiannonstone to Work & Money (3 answers total)

Any chance the tweet referenced a sick system?
posted by phunniemee at 4:53 AM on June 16, 2022 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: No, it was more focused on what the author learned about themself through therapy that changed their approach to taking on too much work or saying yes?

The sick systems one is also good and life-changing though.
posted by rhiannonstone at 12:32 PM on June 16, 2022

I have no idea what tweet you might be referencing, but your question immediately made me think of the meme phrase "I do not dream of labor," which has become a seed for a sort of mini anti-work movement. The full meaning is "I don't have a dream job, I do not dream of labor" — as in, it's a fool's errand to seek fulfillment in work because ultimately it's just a system for exploitation.

I'm sure this isn't the phrase you were looking for, but I was thinking that you might possibly find it by exploring searches related to "I don't dream of labor." A long shot, but that's all I've got.
posted by edlundart at 3:24 AM on June 17, 2022