My ex colleague used to jokingly call me Marvin, because whenever I had a moan at work he said it would start along the lines of
"I've got a brain the size of a planet and all they've got me doing is...". That always made me laugh.
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| Marvin the paranoid android, from The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
But there's a very serious side to it - a mind that isn't exercised, that doesn't practise its abilities and that doesn't have a chance to really get out there and show off a bit, is bound to suffer. Those who know me learn very quickly that a bored Emily is a very dangerous thing indeed. A bored Emily is generally a frustrated Emily and that breeds resentment, discontent and eventually depression. The last is the most difficult to recover from.
So the easy answer is to keep busy: don't get into boring or frustrating situations. Find a job where you are stretched, where you can do great work all of the time, or failing that start your own business and work for yourself.
That's the easy answer.
Let's leave it there.
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