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Originally Posted by unclebilly
It might be interesting but I agree with the other replies. 9 times out of 10, this will be thankless, stressful, and emotionally draining work.
You need to do work that fills your bucket. The question is, will the 1/10 clients you deal with fill your bucket enough to make the other 90% worthwhile?
One of my old best friends and a former pelican, was a social worker at one point in his life. You burn out in under 5 years in these types of jobs trying to help others and carrying their burdens.
I think if I were to take something like this on, I would have ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F’ on constant replay on audible…
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My wife is an ad hoc medical advocate for 3 folks. She makes sure they remember their medical appointments and actually go to them. She hears all about their health and family problems and gets multiple phone calls a day from them. It's not thankless, but definitely stressful and emotionally draining. Sometimes she lays some of it on me. It's getting to be a problem and we are working on a solution.
When it gets to be too much for me, your ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F’ in action is me telling her "Sorry, my Give a F is busticated right now."