The burden of being loved
I’m not speaking of the platonic love of family, nor the warm love of romance. What I refer to is instead the cold, steely glare of being loved “at work”. Perhaps it is my somewhat unique background and skill combination, but at my current employer—more than ever before—I feel entirely too loved. I want to be ignored sometimes; left to my own devices, and projects.
Instead, I am constantly asked to come in and resolve problems that others have been unable to. This invariably happens under immense time constraint and political pressure, thereby making it “extra fun”.
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If they have your best interests in mind: that’s being loved. When the primary concern is what you can for them, that’s being used. It may sound bad when you say it like that, so think of it this way: you have a lot of utility!