Tag: Burnout
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March 25, 2024
There’s something up. Last week, I forgot to do my hair in the morning. This morning, I forgot my car. We woke up early on Saturday morning. It was a couple hours of sleeping in, but it still nearly killed both of us. Saturday afternoon was spent in bed. I went to the shop in…
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February 21, 2024
Unclear. I was reading a math textbook today. It took me a few pages to realise that I didn’t retain any of what I was reading. The same thing happened last night when I was looking up the difference between “who” and “whom.”
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July 2, 2023
Today, it was really important to me to clean my apartment. My girlfriend helped. She’s much more efficient than I am. Getting the space clean had to happen.
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June 11, 2023
I was hoping for more from today but I just have to accept that it was a slow day. It’s probably exactly what I needed today to be.
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June 8, 2023
I had a sore throat when I woke up this morning. You know how sometimes you can feel yourself getting a little sick, even when you’re ignoring it? I didn’t have that this time. It was completely sudden.
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June 3, 2023
I’ve come to really enjoy my weekends. They seem to be when I get to spend time doing what I want to do, largely uninterrupted. I’m starting to try to pack too much into my weekends, though.
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I Burnt Out Three Weeks into the New Year, After 18 Months
I burnt out recently. Teachers are being asked to manage a lot right now in addition to the pressures of their lives outside of work. I thought I’d share my story.
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CHRG: A watch more self-aware than a candle is or I was
My watch is powered by light. It’s a Citizen EcoDrive. I got it almost 13 years ago. A few years ago, I needed to change the battery so I sent it in for repair. This weekend, it kept flashing, “CHRG.”