A scurry look at your surrounding and you will find everyone hurrying around, trying to catch up with time, doing multiple things simultaneously and running short of time. Why has this become a trend of the global work culture? Why are people so busy and so anxious all the time? Why can't we simply walk instead of racing or relax instead of being anxious?
These conundrums do not have a simple straight answer. Oftentimes, it is fear. Fear of unknown. Fear of losing job or missing out on assignment or failing in the competition. But a deeper analysis shows that it is more than just the factor of fear. It is a compulsive craving to carve out an identity for yourself. It is an issue of identity achievement or identity crisis whichever way one may like to call it.
The global work culture has created a norm system where individual identity is tied to his economic achievements. Economics is the hard reality of the modern era. Thus most of the struggle revolves around achieving an identity which can ensure good economic well-being. In this interrelationship of economics and identity, the job becomes a major fulcrum around which everything revolves. Therefore, most of the people run for such job which is high money paying. This will give better economic security and as a result better identity. Alternatively, people go for jobs which are more secure and cushy in nature. Here also the purpose remains the same.
So what is the way out? The way out is to discard the quest for identity. Discard the quest for being well known or well recognized. Once one is able to do that then there is no compulsive need for economic security or high paying job. One can easily relax and have fun. But it is easier said than done. From one angle, this may indicate a defeatist attitude. From another angle, this shows avoidance attitude.
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