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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Hi OP, I could have written this exact post.  I'm sorry a lot of people are minimizing your problem, but I think it's valid.  I'm married with no kids, working in my field in a great job, but still feeling burned out and financially stretched.  I think a big part of my problem is that work is too central to my life satisfaction.  I don't have enough other things going on in my life to buffer the negative effects of work.  So, when work is bad, I don't have other things in my life that make it worthwhile.  I didn't have things to look forward to.  Does that sound like you?

Do you have any hobbies?  Do you have friends here and can you see them more often?  Can you plan a nice outing (maybe a Groupon for ideas) to give you something to look forward to?   Can you take care of your errands all at once in one big trip instead of spreading that stress out over so many days?  What if you set aside one chunk of time to deal with your laundry, keeping in mind that if you do just push through it you'll be happier all week?

When I realized I was feeling like this, that's when I figured out I was ready to start trying to have kids.  I felt like I am not fulfilled, even though my marriage is in a great place, and that having a kid would give me more purpose.  We shall see...

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