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So you're basically a machine that spends their time working and taking care of your children? This feels like a one-way ticket to a burnout.
by crassus_ed 29d ago
So you're basically a machine that spends their time working and taking care of your children? This feels like a one-way ticket to a burnout.
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- katzgrau 29d agoI love my work and I love playing with the kids so it can be exhausting but in a good way. Never a drag (not usually anyway). Super thoughtful consistent schedule with little room for anything else is my tradeoff if I want to maintain high quantity of high quality output with my business. And TBH, it lasts for 15-18 years at most. I didn’t mention the weekends - those are more of a free for all. Lots of family time, work sneaks in. It’s a lot more thinking than working though.
- kakacik 29d agoBurnouts often happen to passionate people who love their work. There are hard limits that conscious part of the mind simply ignores, with laser/tubular focus on whatever is the drive. For example nurses (both male and female) during WWI - worked themselves to mental breakdowns because there was endless stream of properly suffering people to help or even save. One can't have much more noble goal. Yet hard burnouts kept happening. I don't want to sound all gloomy since I know nothing about your situation. Just listen to your body and mind, it keeps telling things in subtle ways, not a good idea to ignore that.
- camdenreslink 29d agoThis is basically what my life is like (going on 9 years now). I don't think it has necessarily led to burnout for me. Keep in mind that time spent with your children isn't all work. There is some fun and leisure in there as well (although it is a lot of work too).
- Daneel_ 29d agoAgreed. This sounds like absolute hell. No time for even a single hobby? Where's your pleasure in life?
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