The holidays always make me sad.
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Hello
user
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Hi there, how are you feeling today?
assistant
Question
Just a bit sad. The holidays always seem to do that.
user
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Are you wanting to get back to work?
assistant
Question
Work is a good distraction from life.
user
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Well yes I can concur with that. I have often found work takes my mind off my problems.
assistant
Self-disclosure
Work can set you free from your own thoughts
user
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Well that's not a phrase that I much like. But there's nothing wrong with liking your job.
assistant
Affirmation and Reassurance
Oh sorry, wasn't saying it in the same context of Hitler. It actually predates the Nazi's . But nonetheless it can be taken the wrong way. My bad.
user
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It's okay :) I did not realise that it predated Hitler. On another note, tell me about your job?
assistant
Providing Suggestions
Just your typical dead end job working for a corporation. Got to make the mortgage payments. But given how many people are out of work we are supposed to be happy to have a job.
user
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Well, a lot of people have been made redundant due to the pandemic - but that is not a reason why people should be happy with a dead end job. Would you consider something else?
assistant
Providing Suggestions
Yeah just don't have the confidence to find a new job. I get paid a decent wage and the work isn't hard. It just isn't mentally rewarding.
user
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It's okay to coast for a while if it's paying the bills but in the long term it won't be very satisfying. What would be your chances of retraining?
assistant
Question
There's no other positions at the company I work at, I would have to leave the company. I am at the top of my position being a supervisor.
user
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What about a whole new career though? Something you'd never even considered before?
assistant
Providing Suggestions
That would take a lot of motivation to change careers.
user
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I know but think about how worth it it would be! Did you have anything you wanted to do as a child that you never did?
assistant
Others
Not really. I didn't have those types of dreams. I went to college , got a job, make money. Pretty much achieved what I set out to do. Didn't realize it wouldn't bring happiness.
user
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Could it possibly be some sort of mid life crisis? I am forty five and frankly am starting to question everything in my life.
assistant
Self-disclosure
Yeah I am a few years shy of a midlife crisis but I joke about it being a mid life crisis all the time.
user
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heh it does creep up on you trust me :D On that note thank you for talking and have a lovely day!
assistant
Self-disclosure,Providing Suggestions