How Much of Our Personal Lives Should We Share with Co-workers?
What we should always try to remember is that it’s very likely that there will always be a person going through a difficult time at work, regardless of whether or not they show it
My Dad died earlier this year and it was honestly the worst thing that’s ever happened to me so far in life.
When he passed away, I was in the midst of getting a promotion at work. Ever since starting this job back in 2018, I had been performing extremely well, improving my numbers each quarter, and never letting any external factors — whether it be at work or in my personal life — get in the way of jeopardizing my job performance. On top of that, I had been gaining favorability with my co-workers along with upper management. Overall, you could say that I was in a very strong position to continue moving up in the company.
However, when my Dad died, I wasn’t sure how long I could continue on with the consistently, strong job performance that I had been maintaining over the years.
At one point, there was a part of me that just wanted to quit. I thought to myself, “Why does all of this even matter when I’m going through one of the worst tragedies I’ve ever faced?”
