For stress.
Though I am counting down the days until I get to be off completely for 4ish days around Christmas. In the meantime I'm trying to determine how to feel about this job and what to do about it.
I had a great conversation last week with my boss who is nice enough to care about whether or not we're overwhelmed and attempt to help us fix it. But then we jump right into this crazy week which is going to seemingly override all of the strides we made to reduce stress. I'm still working 6 days this week and I'm still working overtime on more than one of those 6 days. How did we get back to this so quickly? I thought we JUST talked about it?! Is it all talk?
I don't know how I want to spend the rest of my professional life. I really don't. But until I figure it out, is it too much to ask for a job that doesn't envelope my whole life?! He wants it to be a "vocation." I went to catholic school. I know what a vocation is. It's not really something that you can grow. It's intrinsic. So while he may find this kind of work his vocation, I'm not aligned. So I'd rather not devote my whole existence to it just yet, you know? Why is it the stigma that 9-5 M-F is a rarity anymore? Is it an East Coast thing? An America thing? Why do we have to be CEOs with 15 years experience before we can work normal hours? That's not just a problem with this one job. It's an epidemic I think. But how do we fight it? We still need to eat and pay rent.
Real life sucks. Can I go back to college?
2 comments:
I definitely think the whole work-is-life mentality is a real problem in the U.S. The difference between life here and life in other countries is striking (at least based on my experience with Germany, where my brother lives). We're so obsessed with time and schedules and how busy we are - or seem. It's like a badge of honor to be constantly stressed out. I don't know what you can do about it, but I don't think it HAS to be that way, and it certainly depends on the job. But the situation is made worse by the economy and the fact that we kind of have to do whatever job we can find.
I hope things get better!!!
It sucks when you build up the courage to talk about something and then it doesn't change anyway!! I hope it gets better too!!
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