• HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    I think people believe it is a sign you are striving to excel or that you care about the work you are doing.

    In my case I think I talk about how much overtime I work because I got insecurities about my productivity drilled into me as a child with undiagnosed ADHD. Constantly being told you don’t work hard enough regardless of the effort you put in will give you some weird hangups. I think subconsciously its about needing external validation that the time you put in was adequate, or insecurity around ‘work ethic’

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I can relate to that. I’m extremely glad I broke that habit. They told me when they needed me. I did what needed to be done within reasonable expectations. My failure past that point is on workload