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[quote=Anonymous]I have what I once thought was my dream job, but for the past 6 months I dread going to work every day because I feel tired, stressed, and burned out.  I work in a very low-paying field, but I love my work and it's in the field of my graduate degree.  I work full-time.  I don't like my co-workers or my office environment, and that's part of what stresses me, but in general I feel burned out I think because of lack of vacation time.  Not only does my job pay very poorly, but I only get 2 weeks of vacation a year.  This is definitely not enough and leads to feeling very burned out.

My weekends are nice, but I don't get back to the office on Mondays feeling refreshed.  Usually on Mondays I still feel stressed and tired.  Usually my weekends are filled with cleaning and errands.  I don't do much cooking, only very simple meals at home.

I'm married with no kids, but yet I can't seem to shake this feeling of constant stress/exhaustion and burnout.  I have been focusing on things I can do to feel more refreshed on the weekends, but what usually happens is if I have a great, refreshing weekend, then I feel stressed on the weeknights because my house is a pig sty, I have no clean laundry, and I have a bunch of errands to cram in after work.

We can't afford a housekeeper to come in, I have already thought about that.  DH helps out when he can with the chores and errands, I have no complaints about how much he does around the house.  It's just that he works much more than me and doesn't have as much time to do household stuff.

I do take all my vacation time, every year.

Any tips for avoiding feeling burned out when you have 2 piddily weeks of vacation per year? [/quote]

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