all energy at work and none left for family

sarahjared · August 2009

I teach and I am often physically at work for 9-10 hours a day. Then I often need to bring work home. I am exhausted and irritable at the end of the day. I hate this. I have no energy for DD. DH works in the evenings a lot so I am on my own with her. I'm always feeling guilty because all I want to do is rest at the end of the day. I have no time or energy to work out in addition to no energy for my family. If I am not doing something for work then there is always something around the house that I feel guilty for not doing. I make a point to play with DD every day but sometimes I am really not "all there" because I am so tired. I hate that I have to work but that is the reality of the situation. I'm getting more depressed about this each day. I don't know what to do. In this economy, I can't exactly get another job. After this year I will have tenure. Thanks for the vent.

Temp374386125003286 · August 2009

I feel this way. I work so hard and then am so tired when I get home. I work long hours and my job is high stress. I love my job but am just so tired at the end of the day. I'm also training for a 10k - it just seems like some days I can handle it all and it's fine. Then some weeks I am a wreck (this week has been very crazy for me)! GL finding your balance!

REOM · August 2009

Each year that I teach, I find that I become more and more efficient. I don't chat at work, and I work my @ss off during my preps and lunch- no (ok, limited) chatting and gossiping and I find that I can get everything done at work. I am still tired when I leave,but at least I can leave it all behind!

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