*hugs* Having so many things on your plate, even if you enjoyed all of them, tends to make the plate overloaded... and then exhaustion takes over and makes everything not fun.
Perhaps the way to resimplify things in the short term is to learn to say no, or if that's not an option, summon help. If you send someone in your place, you're not letting anyone down. Not familiar with your situation but how old are the kids? Old enough to help you with the yard work and therefore kill two birds with one stone, so you don't have to put off the yard work until after you're done watching the kids?
In the longer term... sometimes change can be for the better. As you've found, the circumstances make the job, not necessarily the work itself. Perhaps as much as you liked the job before, it's time to seek a new one, with better people and better hours.
Kids are 2 and 3. Girls. Half the time I end up scaring the crap out of them without even meaning to. I'm just not used to being around little girls, I'm more used to boys, who are much easier to deal with I'll say for the record.
Circumstances must change, but like every change, it is painful and time consuming. Of course, that journey, like all, must begin with a single step . . .
Heheh, I'm a girl and boys are easier to deal with. =)
And yeah, change is hard. But you don't have to do it all at once... and taking that one single step may do more for you than you know. Taking one step in a good direction, however small that step is, tends to make one bold enough to keep taking more steps.
People feared this would happen. I don't know the full situation of you doing their housework, but you don't have to. Remember that. Yes, you are living there, but paying rent as well.
Try and sit down with Jessi and Joe and talk it out. Maybe explain your feelings. It's called burnout, and it can be very bad, physically and mentally. School is zooming toward us, try and take some time to enjoy yourself.
You aren't Super-Jon. You can't make EVERYBODY happy. realise that and settle for at least making yourself happy. Because you have to be happy before you can make others happy.
I've noticed the change, you seem... moodier. Constantly, like in Lawrence. I realise now it's just the early stages of burnout.
No, I'm not paying rent. Housework is the rent. I've not paid dime one. Can't afford to.
It's not the housework that bothers me, really. I mean, it's easy work that I can get done with quickly and relax. It's the Target work that is killing me. I'll go into more detail on that in a bit. I need a better job, one with less dependancy upon others and more focus on individual effort.
No, I'm not Super-Rhino nor did I ever claim to be. But I gave my word to all and that means I am obligated to get things done.
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Perhaps the way to resimplify things in the short term is to learn to say no, or if that's not an option, summon help. If you send someone in your place, you're not letting anyone down. Not familiar with your situation but how old are the kids? Old enough to help you with the yard work and therefore kill two birds with one stone, so you don't have to put off the yard work until after you're done watching the kids?
In the longer term... sometimes change can be for the better. As you've found, the circumstances make the job, not necessarily the work itself. Perhaps as much as you liked the job before, it's time to seek a new one, with better people and better hours.
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Circumstances must change, but like every change, it is painful and time consuming. Of course, that journey, like all, must begin with a single step . . .
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And yeah, change is hard. But you don't have to do it all at once... and taking that one single step may do more for you than you know. Taking one step in a good direction, however small that step is, tends to make one bold enough to keep taking more steps.
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Try and sit down with Jessi and Joe and talk it out. Maybe explain your feelings. It's called burnout, and it can be very bad, physically and mentally. School is zooming toward us, try and take some time to enjoy yourself.
You aren't Super-Jon. You can't make EVERYBODY happy. realise that and settle for at least making yourself happy. Because you have to be happy before you can make others happy.
I've noticed the change, you seem... moodier. Constantly, like in Lawrence. I realise now it's just the early stages of burnout.
Seriously, talk to them.
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It's not the housework that bothers me, really. I mean, it's easy work that I can get done with quickly and relax. It's the Target work that is killing me. I'll go into more detail on that in a bit.
I need a better job, one with less dependancy upon others and more focus on individual effort.
No, I'm not Super-Rhino nor did I ever claim to be. But I gave my word to all and that means I am obligated to get things done.
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That's is what makes finding a job difficult, knowing that in 2 months, my availability goes to shit. Most places won't stand for that.
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