The Pressure to Love Your Job with Cristin Downs

The pressure to love your job is something you’ve likely experienced whether you love your job or not. In the United States, we are surrounded by the story that you achieve success through having a job you love. Perhaps success is simply that you enjoy the privilege of doing a job you love. Another possibility is that you won't feel like you’re doing work, will then work harder, and therefore create success. (Likewise, this story also perpetuates the idea that working hard will always lead to success.) What this story obscures is that loving your work doesn’t make it not work. Ultimately, this story is designed to keep you from setting boundaries and instead buy into your own exploitation.  In this episode of Unlimited, I invited Cristin Downs to join me in a conversation about understanding and releasing the pressure to love your job.Some of what we talk about in this episode includes: The purpose of pressure to love your jobThe burnout cycle that keeps you stuckExpectations when applying for a jobLeadership examples and quiet quittingFreeing your identity from your jobSetting boundaries around workThank you for listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please share it! Take a screenshot of the episode to post in your stories and tag me: @unlimitedcoachvalWant to share your thoughts or have questions? Send me a message! I love to hear from you.  You can email me at [email protected] or DM me on InstagramAND don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast! LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:Job You Love Quote InvestigatorWork Won't Love You Back by Sarah JaffeBullshit Jobs by David GraeberA History of the World in Seven Cheap Things by Raj Patel & Jason W. MooreCONNECT WITH CRISTIN DOWNS:InstagramFree ResourcesCONNECT WITH VALERIE:Facebook Instagram Get email updates! Work with Valerie!Send us Fan MailSupport the show