I constantly feel like I’m on the verge of being fired. I’ve felt this way at every agency I’ve ever worked for. I wish I could just feel comfortable.

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Yo same but I talk mad shit so ur probably good

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Same. I’ve never really felt that I deserved to be employed at all, at any job anywhere. But think about all the other untalented jagoffs you’ve worked with who aren’t self-aware or introspective enough to doubt themselves. At the very least, you’re better than SOME of them, right? Probably even most of them. I’m almost positive that – based on the fact that you’re thinking about this at all – you aren’t in much more danger of being fired than any of us. Plus, it’s largely random whom they decide to lay off. And if you’re talking about being FIRED fired, there are usually clear signs beforehand. One last thing: worrying about this is equivalent to suffering from something that hasn’t happened yet, and probably won’t. It might happen. No guarantees. But wouldn’t it be better to live for now as if it won’t? (Now if I could only get myself to believe this stuff all the time, I’d be sitting pretty.)

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Have you been fired?

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