Downshifting. Work for the soul

Not so long ago in modern life there is a new term called "downshifting".


If you literally translate the word "downshifting", you get "shift down". In my career this is impossible, you say, and will be absolutely right! But to be anticancer.com in our time is to stand out from the crowd, and downshifting should this rule.




So downshifting (downshifting) is the transition paid, but related to excessive stress, loads and consuming all my free time working on a more relaxed, albeit low paid, compared with the former, and the rejection of luxury and career prospects in the future.




Often downshifters become those who have achieved high success in career and earned enough for their old age. Person understands that reached desired. Therefore, while still of working age, one day he throws career successful financier, lawyer, senior Manager, etc. and becomes a simple waiter, courier, postman, but you never know what the main thing is that without much stress.




According to HeadHunter Group, the Australia Institute conducted a large-scale study that showed that over the last ten years, nearly 23% of the population of the smallest continent switched to a more modest standard of living.




If you go to the cinema, the idea of downshifting was described in the movie more than once. Take, for example, the film "coming to America" with Eddie Murphy. Successful young Prince becomes cleaner in posthumously diner. Or remember the picture "American Beauty", in which the hero Kevin spacey, "widow" their former employers went into the diner, where pleasure and not without courage sells hamburgers. Soviet cinema are also not spared this topic. In the movie "Three plus two" heroes loved to live savages, otrashivat beard and producing their own food. Although in the distant 60 years hardly anyone knew about the term downshifting.




So why are more and more people, having achieved success, try to run away from him in peace and quiet?




Reasons, according to psychologists, there are several:


- fatigue, tiredness, fatigue;


- taking care of your own health;


- dislike of people, misanthropy;


the desire to be more often with family;


- change profession.




The main thing is to understand exactly what you want. After all, there are plenty of examples where money can be earned by doing things you love, and not Saeimas late at work because "it! ". Don't be afraid of change in my life. You can endlessly to sit and talk about the fact that You have absolutely no free time for family or personal life, because all the time consuming work. But these thoughts can occur only depression. And you can make a lot of plans for the future and begin to implement them.




If not immediately, may not succeed the first time... don't be afraid to act! And remember: "the ark was built by an Amateur, and "Titanic" professionals".

Author:

Chernenko O. C.


Source:

Women's Magazine

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