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...when you do the Work Thing you've been dreading and even though it goes about as well as it possibly could have it is still pretty much exactly as draining and emotionally uncomfortable as you expected; and also it's really just the first (public) installment in an ongoing conversation that will continue to be draining and emotionally uncomfortable; and it also opens the floodgates of draining and uncomfortable one-on-one conversations which your coworkers will seek you out in order to have...

... is it "relief"?

I think, if relief is what you get after things where you can accurately tell yourself "Well, this is going to suck, but I'll do it and then it'll be over," then this is maybe like, relief's down-at-heel older cousin, who occasionally shows up to family functions, shoves dinner rolls in his bag, and passes out on the couch.

Speaking of which, I would like to pass out on a couch.

OH WELL, MAYBE LATER. :-P

Date: 2019-03-18 08:08 pm (UTC)
greywash: A lounging pinup girl, holding a cocktail. (Default)
From: [personal profile] greywash
*pet pet pet pet pet pet pet* :{

Date: 2019-03-18 08:42 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] clarasteam
*solidarity and hugs*

Date: 2019-03-18 08:52 pm (UTC)
schnikeys: A light purple morning glory flower with darker purple markings on a background of deep green leaves (Default)
From: [personal profile] schnikeys
[pats you] relief and dread's bastard child, perhaps? "redread" "drelief"

Date: 2019-03-21 08:36 pm (UTC)
schnikeys: A light purple morning glory flower with darker purple markings on a background of deep green leaves (Default)
From: [personal profile] schnikeys
^u^ as many pats as you need! work conversations are so stressful...

Date: 2019-03-18 09:46 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] achray
sending sympathy, I know this feeling well (though have never described it quite so poetically)

Date: 2019-03-18 11:10 pm (UTC)
chestnut_pod: A close-up photograph of my auburn hair in a French braid (Default)
From: [personal profile] chestnut_pod
Oof. Good luck! May your eventual couch be clean and the perfect blend of firmness and squish.

Date: 2019-03-19 12:59 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] digsdigsdigs
praise! praise! praise! hope you get some sleep, friend, sounds like you deserve it.

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