Work... fake it till you make it?

I think that losing yourself in the work can indeed be a good thing, but not at the expense of your health! I find that any distraction that is not harmful, especially being productive, can feel good, even though I might not entirely love what it is.

Right now due to Pandemic, I am not working.
While I was working, We were like friends with my boss but I was doing my best to hide my depression and sadness but when we start to a regular conversation, he was able to see something was wrong on me, so I started to give unnecessary details about my marriage , my feelings , what is happening in my life and expected him to be supportive but what I realize that after I shared my situation , he started to observe me and even normal reactions started to be seen as if it is because of my depression . . So I don’t know if it depends on where you work but what I learnt from my experience , you just keep your work relations as your work relations. Giving too much details are sometimes making people judgmental about you at work. And it is the last thing for me to see the people’s eyes are always on me. . Off course not everyone is the same but if you are able to fake it till you make it is a better way at work.

As you near closer to retirement, teaching may become more remote. Do you think that would help you?