Still ongoing recovery, many years later, but at least things are moving along from recognition to recovery. Breaking the cycle is what every single person should be working to do, regardless of how long it takes you, or what effect it has on a “comfortable life”.

It was a small office, fewer than 10 people, but in the eight months I was there at least a dozen employees — especially those directly working for the boss — came and went. At least one went out for lunch on her first day and never came back. Anyone who had been there a long time had built up a mental shield, and learned to circumscribe their behaviour to avoid being blown up at (at least as often). Sometimes that didn’t help: the advertising manager who had been there since the magazine started, and who was my boss, was summarily fired one day. But most people quit.

I was in my mid-20s and thought I could stick it out, wanting to get some experience in the publishing industry. But being a type 1 diabetic, I has something many other people didn’t: a number that could measure my stress. A normal blood glucose level is between 4.0 and 8.0, or for diabetics below 10.0 is good. High levels are bad, and over the long term can lead to nerve damage, gangrene, kidney failure, and blindness. After a particularly awful morning, I pricked my finger and checked my blood.

The reading was over 17. I’d never had it that high since I was first diagnosed years earlier. That day I figured out I had to leave, and after a job search, I went to a software company where I stayed for almost five years. I still dread going past the magazine offices.

What’s interesting is that the magazine is folksy and down-home and friendly. You wouldn’t know from reading it how toxic the work environment is there, and how many people have become disillusioned and, like me, left the industry because of it.
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I have been thinking a lot lately about what I share on my own personal blog and twitter; Facebook made me angry so I deleted all my information from my profile, including my last name. It’s tough because I realize that sharing personal content really connects readers and makes them want to follow you, but on the other hand I really do not need my coworkers knowing the intimate details of my life.

Great post, really. I especially love the bit about the Pet Shop Boys.
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There are PLENTY of people out there, online and off, I don’t like. Their personalities grate on me, they hold views and/or make choices I don’t agree with. But that doesn’t make them bad people. It makes them DIFFERENT people.

I suppose I just answered my own question, since there’s a long-standing relationship between different and badness.

Exposing the personal online not only sheds a whole lotta light on our similarities, but on our differences as well. The challenge is going to be seeing that most of the time, the person behind the views, actions and quirks is usually fundamentally good, whether or not we *like* them.
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i am new here and will definately return. maybe visit me sometime :)

In a world, of many who write, you are an excellent writer!

I’m sure you’ve read @gapingvoid — but if not — an excellent “prosperous” example of how to share your blog + publish.

Besta,

Jeffa

But I’m enjoying watching this from the sidelines, seeing you manifest shit. (in both the new agey and not-so-much) sense.

September will be another great month, indeed.
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