I give so much of myself away every day that there is nothing left for me. Less then nothing. Every day I look into the mirror after working all my shifts and see less and less.
Till one day I won’t even be there. Again.
Maybe half ass it a little bit
If they’re not compensating you for giving 150% of your energy, then don’t give them 150% of your energy.
Like, tell them you need to catch a breath, take a “smoke break” (even if you don’t smoke, mime vape a lil ink pen in the smoking section). Rehydrate more, piss more. Say you’re dizzy. Come up with something.
The endless treadmill, I’m just so tired.
I think a lot of people feel this, and its like this on purpose to make people too exhausted to fight for their rights.
I don’t know what you do, so this may not help.
Sometimes the exhaustion is more habit and expectation. If you don’t go home one day, do you have more energy? (Just answer to yourself.) Like one week you were exhausted, but then home became exhausting by habit.
It’s so hard to do but if you do all the things you are planning on doing as soon as you get home then you can collapse into exhaustion. My wife is good at it. I’m terrible at it.
Is it burnout or does it seem like chores are insurmountable but possibly easier if someone else breaks them down to smaller tasks? Also could be both
