After completing the prior post, I went back through the blog. During the experiment, I ceased posting; I wanted the date of my last post. What I discovered speaks to blog utility, the value of this written effort as an assist to recovery.
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Category Archives: Volunteer
The Experiment
For the past five days I have been running an experiment. The experimental objective was to determine if I am capable of a return to work. In place of an actual employer, I made use of my volunteer job as a simulacra.
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Data Points
Whenever I encounter a moment of crisis I go and work at my volunteer “job.” I am willing to perform the very tedious, boring, routine operations that no one else truly wants to do. Another staffer commented on my output. I responded that I really enjoyed endless, dull repetitive work. I saw from his eye response that this may not have been the socially appropriate answer. I appear to be doing a great many socially inappropriate things lately. This is one of the reasons I seek refuge in my “office,” slaving away at a mountain of paper.
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