• Cryan24@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The worst feeling of my life: Siting beside the deathbed of close relative with terminal cancer hoping they go soon to end the suffering.

  • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    That’s rough. I took a “mental health” day this week that got turned into a day of running errands, so guess who basically worked all through their mental health day off?

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      2 months ago

      Doesn’t matter. Still feels good to get stuff done that’s for you and not for somebody else. I’ve gotten old enough that I’d love doing gardening or fixing stuff around the house on my weekends. That shit’s for me, it makes my life better, not someone else’s.

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        2 months ago

        While I see where you’re coming from, I need time to decompress and just do my own shit, so running the fam around and getting needed errands done was just more work vs actually refreshing my mental state

        Burnout fucking sucks and getting recharge times stolen absolutely matters.

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          2 months ago

          Oh no doubt. I’m not saying that I come home and jump into doing chores, I’m saying that doing constructive or productive stuff in your own life can have a good recharge feeling in it’s own way. I certainly come home and veg in front of the computer… but if I spend the whole weekend vegging in front of my computer I end up feeling MORE like shit than I did on Friday. A healthy combination of both leaves me feeling recharged and happy.

  • Fleur_@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    You fucking baby clearly you’ve never felt the pain your boss feels when you take you’re legally mandated vacation time.

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    2 months ago

    There are people that live the life you have on vacation 24x7, and they absolutely hate life. It’s the contrast of the wonderful and the s*** that makes the wonderful, wonderful.

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    2 months ago

    I feel opposite, but that’s because the boss just went on vacation, so I don’t have to deal with him for a week.

  • scarabic@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Second to last day of vacation isn’t the worst. Second day after returning is the worst. First day back at work you still think you’re refreshed and life will be better now. End of the second day back you realize it’s the same shit as ever and vacation is just a momentary illusion otherwise.

    • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Same. Tonight is the last evening I could conceivably go out. I tried to get myself to go out last night, but after my workout I just wanted to put on my warm comfy house clothes and overeat while watching science fiction.

      Now I have a new decision. Do I force myself to go out tonight? I’d love to go out dancing, but driving into the city in the dark (and having to drive back) is such a bummer.

  • Dogiedog64@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Don’t worry, it could be worse! My last job fired me on my vacation because I refused to work while out of town!

    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Some people have a huge list of things they want to do with their very limited freedom from the chains that bind us all. Thus can turn a vacation into a job in away. Running as fast as you can to “accomplish objectives”.

      Their life, their choice. It just seems so exhausting to hear people in my life go through these things. To put so much stress on themselves during their vacation.

      Considering how expensive and all the sunk costs of these adventures, if things go wrong it can foster negative feelings. These can be draining as well.

      I’d rather just drink alone in the basement.

  • Russ@bitforged.space
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    2 months ago

    I know the feeling, I just had a week off and returned to work on Friday a couple of days ago.