365 Questions--October 7

What are your boundaries between professional and personal life?
I have a very clear boundary between work and personal, especially at this job I'm at now. I rarely discuss my personal life in detail. My coworkers know that I have a family and that some of my family lives here, but that's pretty much it. When I walk out of work every day, I leave everything there. I don't think about work when I'm' off work. On the flip side, I don't leave at home at home sometimes, especially if it's something big. My emotions when it comes to my personal life weigh heavily on me. I might be doing work, but whatever is going on at home is always on my mind. However, I try my hardest to keep a smile on my face. No one ever really know what's really going on with me. I mask it very well. I can only think of 1 time where I really broke down at this job, and that was when my goddaughter died. I had to learn the hard way to keep personal stuff at home. You have to do it. I can't speak for anyone else but for me, the minute someone else brings up my personal business, I want to fight and then I'm going to lose my job and go to jail. It just is in my best interest to keep personal personal.