worryshift
/ˈwʌriˌʃɪft/nounVerified NewAlso in: Sorgenschicht (Deutsch) · desveloturno (Español) · soucinuit (Français)
The unpaid night shift of anxiety, worked in bed, with no clock-out and no overtime.
The worryshift begins when the lights go out and the mind punches in: the email, the diagnosis, the thing said in 2009. The shift is productive in nothing except its own continuation, and the worker is paid in tiredness. Management is unreachable; management is you.
Etym. — worry + shift — the labor metaphor for insomnia's cognitive work; a shift is exactly a scheduled period of duty, which is what the anxious night is.
Rel. — ceilingmap · alarmshadow
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