Change is often seen as stressful, but the polar opposite, monotony, can be even worse. You can only work exactly the same way, at the same pace, doing the same work for so long before monotony bites. When you’re growing up, life is seasonal. Even if you live in a place where the weather doesn’t change, there’s a change in rhythm to the year. There’s school, there’s summer. Different things happen at different times. But unless you work in a seasonal business, work in March is usually the same as work in May. June’s the same as January. And it would be hard to tell December’s work from
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