Tag: Burnout

  • July 2, 2023

    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.

  • June 11, 2023

    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.

  • June 8, 2023

    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.

  • June 3, 2023

    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.

  • I Burnt Out Three Weeks into the New Year, After 18 Months

    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.

  • CHRG: A watch more self-aware than a candle is or I was

    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.”