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I'm Steve Hatherly today with Jingyu and Youshun.
Coming up, think DIY saves you money?
Think again, the bill for doing it yourself is coming due,
and it's counting us more in time, tools, and cold hard cash than just buying it outright.
Is the DIY dream over?
After that, in the contemporary workplace, a peculiar social paradox has emerged.
Employees feel profound guilt
for utilizing the very benefits that their employment contracts guarantee.
This phenomenon is called Day Off Shame,
and it describes the acute discomfort and self-reproach associated with taking legitimate time off.
Why do office workers feel like this, and what can we do about it?
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From homemade cakes and hand-poured candles to self-assembled furniture,