Second wind???

[nonesensed]

Okay, so, I really need to slow down at work, for both my mental and physical health (which are more or less the same thing, yes yes, but you know what I mean). Main mission for the rest of the year:
Stop Overworking Yourself(TM).

Easier said than done, but I'm determined to try. Wish me luck!

I'm still waaaaaay behind on reading comments and blog posts on here 😅 That said, I'm also still looking forward to reading up on everyone's posts and replying to all the lovely and interesting comments 💖

Comments

[flo_nelja]

Yeah, don't let the work kill you! (I don't remember, are you open about what your work is, or is it private?)

[nonesensed]

Thanks for the support 💖 Work almost got me once before, and I'd rather not repeat that experience, so I'm definitely going to fight it this time - by chilling out and relaxing more 😆 (No worries! I'm fairly open about my work, just try to not mention my job title too often; keeping Internet life and offline life separate got drilled into me when I first went online, aaand also patient confidentiality makes it so I can't share much of what I do in any detail. I'm a speech-language pathologists, mostly working with people who have reading, writing and language difficulties.)

[peasina]

Good luck with your mission! ❤️

[nonesensed]

Thank you kindly! 💗💗💗

[tarlanx]

Yes, definitely try not to let work affect your mental and physical health. It really is NOT worth it - take that from someone who has been there and done that and is paying the price now :(

[nonesensed]

You have all my sympathy 💙💙💙 Unfortunately I as well have already made that mistake. Burnt out hard at my first job and have spent 8 years recovering from it. Now with inflation and a right-wing government that keeps cutting funding to healthcare, I'm struggling to not let increased production demands do me in again. Fighting to relax and not stress out, when extra sensitive to stress due to previous burnout, is just *screams into pillow*

Overworking is absolutely not worth it. I hope you're doing as well as is possible under the circumstances 💗💗💗

[tarlanx]

Health-wise, a lifetime of stress and often working 10-15 hours a day and then on call every night/weekend led to high blood pressure.... basically on call 24/7/365. The legacy is poor sleep habits, stress eating, chronic back and RSI problems from years working on computers, many of them before Health and Safety caught up with the idea of ergonomics!

And all those years working didn't lead to a comfortable, angst-free retirement. Years of no pay rises meant no pension increases, and a month after I retired all the prices in the stores and the cost of utilities doubled almost overnight and have never gone back down *sigh*

Despite all this I'm doing okay overall. Just trying not to get too stressed over things that really don't matter :)

[nonesensed]

Glad to hear you're doing okay despite everything, but man, that all sounds rough. I'm lucky that I now have a workplace that's very caring - so while the politicians keep cutting our funds, at least my coworkers and bosses are focused on all of us getting to go home and be people too. And ergonomics have been such a huge help for me! I already have cracked discs in my spine due to a Misspent Youth (aka a karate match I refused to quit before it went too far + trying to catch a falling couch to save the floor in my rented apartment) so having a desk I can adjust the height of helps so much to combat the worst of my back pain.

I hope you're having a good week and I wish you the best of luck with not stressing over things that don't matter! If you ever figure out how, please let me in on the secret 😅