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SrilathaKKannan's avatar

This is such an important article. ….. not just for young work force or youth, but every community as humanity … whether people like it or not work has become central defining aspect of lives, community, nations,…. But the gaps are very subtle as long term effects are often compromised in terms of individual health& collective community healthy ability to live with good interactions.

Thanks for writing this… you are not alone… & many people can relate to this& surely a better solution for human living can always come from healthy understanding.

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Nik Pathran's avatar

Beautifuly said! Thank you.

This is a hidden tragedy of the modern world of work. The "gaps are very subtle," as you said. That's what makes these patterns so insidious.

We don't notice the slow erosion of our health, our relationships, or our communities because we are rewarded daily for the very behaviors that create that erosion. We are celebrated, encouraged for our output, even as we lose the "healthy ability to live."

And that "healthy understanding" is the only path forward.

Grateful to you for adding this perspective! 🙏🙏

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SrilathaKKannan's avatar

Thx for your kind words. Its your article that has many important points that work places are coping with. Awareness is essential.

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Nik Pathran's avatar

🙏🙏

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VedicSoul's avatar

A deeply reflective writing....

The overclocked existence is indeed a crisis.

The return to our “base clock” is not a step back, it is the sacred rediscovery of the rhythm that lets us create, live, and belong to ourselves again.

Thank you 🙏

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Nik Pathran's avatar

Thank you VedicSoul!

"The sacred rediscovery of the rhythm..." that is the perfect distillation. You have captured the entire soul of this work in one beautiful and perfect phrase.

That really is the journey back to "belonging to ourselves again." And it's the truest way to describe repaying this specific kind of debt.

Thank you for such clarity and soul. Genuinely grateful for your comment. 🙏

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VedicSoul's avatar

Thank you 🙏 🙏

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Klara Sovryn's avatar

At the beginning of your story, I thought, "Yeah, that's me." Staying up late to catch the last bug in whatever I already spent hours working on, and I can't leave now!

Then even your shooting for excellence in schools.

But then your motivation for doing it was a surprise. I was expecting to read more of MY story through your story, but that's where it split. Very interesting to see the pattern play out from a completely different motivation.

I look forward to the Identity Debt Assessment!

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Nik Pathran's avatar

Thanks Klara for sharing this! It's incredibly insightful.

The same behavioral pattern can be driven by completely different underlying motivations or reasons. You saw yourself in the pattern, but the "why" was different.

This is the fascinating aspect of this work.

Appreciate you sharing your experience.

And excited to get the Identity Debt Assessment in your hands soon!

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