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Is it my intuition or am I losing my mind?

My adverse reaction to working a 9–5

Shereese N.
3 min readJan 21, 2023
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Living in my vehicle is definitely not fun and the stress of not having enough haunts me everyday. So what should I do? Well, it’s obvious “go back to the 9–5 grind”.

Insert panic attack, anxiety, and nausea.

The logic vs The Intuitive

While it seems very simple and obvious to most to simply go back to working a 9–5, the attempt or the thought of it seriously gives me anxiety.

Here’s a quick back story. A few months ago I returned back to work as an Assistant Property Manager after not having a full time job in over a year. Before I started, I began getting these weird anxiety episodes that I just couldn’t shake. Now mind you I haven’t had anxiety to this magnitude in quite some time, so I ignored it and chalked it up as “pre work/new job nerves”.

Considering I’m more spiritually in tune, you would think I would have sat with the feeling longer. However, as logic precedes intuition, I started that job, and lasted 3 months.

It was the worst 3 months of my life!

I could go into all of the shady underhanded and outdated work ethics but that’s not what this article is about. Its about my adverse reaction to the 9–5 or in…

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Shereese N.
Shereese N.

Written by Shereese N.

Alternative Lifestyle Writer " If I'm gonna think it, than I might as well say it!" 🗣

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