{"id":24883,"date":"2026-03-04T20:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/?p=24883"},"modified":"2026-04-12T20:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:56:07","slug":"aliptpartu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2026\/03\/04\/aliptpartu\/","title":{"rendered":"A linkedin post that prompted a reflective thought – ugh"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Reframing Identity and Work-Life Balance<\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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This post on linkedin Click here \u00a0 <\/a>Took me to a rabbit hole I had to acknowledge and parse through!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The first slide and the question on it hit me wrong, so I paused before reacting. Even with the context of the other slides, the idea that I\u2019m \u201cbecoming at work\u201d doesn\u2019t land for me. If my becoming is happening there<\/em>, it\u2019s already too late.<\/span><\/p>

I learned that from my spouse and our partnership \u2014 and I relearn it hourly, and definitely daily. Who I\u2019m becoming is shaped long before I log in: in my values, my home, my practices, my boundaries, and the disciplines that keep me from surrendering autonomy to any system. Work may benefit from that becoming, but it isn\u2019t where it starts.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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So I am very cautious about the framing of \u201cbecoming at work.\u201d The slides in the linkedin post point to prayer, calling, gifts, and Christlike refinement\u2014and while those can be meaningful reminders, they still assume that work is “A” primary arena where identity is foundationally shaped. For me, becoming isn\u2019t something my workplace initiates. It\u2019s a persistent and perpetual journey of reasonable self scrutiny rooted in my values, my family, my faith, and the disciplines and rituals define and adopt and\u00a0 practice outside the office and workspace.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I don\u2019t surrender my autonomy\u00a0 lightly or without discernment and purposeful intent and especially not to systems\u2014whether that\u2019s work, religion, sports, rituals, or the subtle gamification loops that incessantly flood most humans without prejudice\u00a0 to alters, define, and steal who we are. My growth comes from my self identity and partnership with my family, Stoic self\u2011scrutiny, endurance work, hobbies and rituals that sharpen my attention, and the boundaries I assert so I don\u2019t confuse external expectations with internal formation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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At work, what is\u00a0 changing is my posture: more courage to speak plainly, more temperance under pressure, more wisdom about where my energy actually matters, and more justice in how I show up for others. But the core of who I am isn\u2019t a workplace artifact. It\u2019s the through\u2011line I carry into every environment.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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If anything, work benefits from the becoming that happens elsewhere\u2014it doesn\u2019t generate it.<\/span><\/p>

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