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Be a character—A way to cope with stress... but be careful

Be a character—A way to cope with stress... but be careful

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Mathias Jakobsen
May 15, 2022
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Hello Amazing

I found this issue that I originally published in early 2018, about how I would cope with work stress by turning myself into a character and playing my job like a theatrical role. This allowed me to better take the role off again by the end of the day, and not bring as much of the stress with me into the home. Here it is:

The original hand drawn newsletter issue 6.23, first published in March 2018
The original hand d…

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