• Replies 11 replies
  • Subscribers 85 subscribers
  • Views 287 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Always tired and have no energy to do anything.

crawlerbasher

So I'm back to been tired and lacking any energy to do anything and my job can be over stimulating specially at the weekend. And this has left me to think that I should try and reduce my burdern so I don't get burnt out.

At the moment I'm a buddy trainer, and while I do love teaching people, I find that the company putting more reasonability on the job, has left me always draining, specially when the team is letting everyone down. Now stepping down would be easy to do and I would only lose about £6 a week in doing so. So I am thinking about doing that.

The other thing is  I was thinking of reducing my hours by 10 hours a week and this is something I have to think about really hard as I don't think I can live on such a reduction in my wage if I drop my hours like that. But I know it would help me mentally.

I don't want to quit this job, as I know how to do my job, I know how it works, and with been there for 12 years I'm also fully protected by the law.

I have hared about PIP, but not sure if that would help me, or if I should just suck it up and keep the hours I'm doing.

Parents

  • Hi, I’m sorry you are experiencing this- I can relate as I’ve been chronically exhausted and burntout for years. If possible, I think it’s best not to try and push through this without making changes. I can only speak from personal experience and I pushed through burnout for years and it has just gotten worse and worse to the point where even a few weeks off are not enough to make much of a difference. For me burnout is also linked with bad physical health (IBS flareups and scary weight loss) which just makes it worse. I am now probably 6 years down the line and I am reaching a point where I can’t function anymore at all and pushing through is becoming increasingly difficult. I think it’s so important to make some changes as soon as you can (which is what you are doing) before the situation becomes worse- I think the longer you push through the more difficult it gets to properly recover. I completely understand that there are so many challenges to doing what is best for our health, whether it’s financial or other obligations. I hope you can figure out a way to make it more sustainable. 

Reply

  • Hi, I’m sorry you are experiencing this- I can relate as I’ve been chronically exhausted and burntout for years. If possible, I think it’s best not to try and push through this without making changes. I can only speak from personal experience and I pushed through burnout for years and it has just gotten worse and worse to the point where even a few weeks off are not enough to make much of a difference. For me burnout is also linked with bad physical health (IBS flareups and scary weight loss) which just makes it worse. I am now probably 6 years down the line and I am reaching a point where I can’t function anymore at all and pushing through is becoming increasingly difficult. I think it’s so important to make some changes as soon as you can (which is what you are doing) before the situation becomes worse- I think the longer you push through the more difficult it gets to properly recover. I completely understand that there are so many challenges to doing what is best for our health, whether it’s financial or other obligations. I hope you can figure out a way to make it more sustainable. 

Children
No Data