I feel so tired after half a day of work, never mind working a full day. After a couple of weeks of this, when i get home, i have no energy left for anything. Even things I usually enjoy.

Everything feels like a drag at that point and I can’t seem to do anything to improve this.

Doing this for a few more months usually ends up with me having to quit my job or i will get so tired and sick I can’t do anything anymore.

How to deal with this?

  • Lem Jukes@lemm.ee
    6·
    6 months ago

    I’ve always heard that wfh can be really hard to manage if you don’t have a separate environment for work. If you’re just working from your normal ‘play’ space your brain has a very hard time breaking out of those patterns and focusing on specific tasks that aren’t what you’re used to in that context.

    • NationProtons@sh.itjust.worksOP
      3·
      6 months ago

      I definitely noticed this. But also the opposite seems to be true.

      When i worked at the office in my last job, I find it almost impossible to take a decent break. When I’m in the office, it seems like the only thing I can do is work. But that quickly leads to exhaustion.

      At home I can more easily take a break. But then I have to be careful I don’t turn it into a gaming/browsing binge.

      Just sitting in front of my computer and working can already be enough trigger to start wasting time on other activities on my computer.

      My apartment is a bit too small to have separate areas for work and play though. And i don’t really have the funds to have a separate computer setup for either.

      • biddy@feddit.nlEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        When i worked at the office in my last job, I find it almost impossible to take a decent break.

        What is wrong with your labor laws? In my country there’s a mandatory 1 hour break(30 minutes of which is paid) in a full day of work.

        • NationProtons@sh.itjust.worksOP
          1·
          6 months ago

          Here it’s quite typical to have a 30 min break for lunch.

          But that’s just spent on getting food, eating and returning to the office.

          It just doesn’t feel enough for me on a given day.

          And I’m really bad at figuring out how to take short breaks like my colleagues do. Having a 10 min talk with coworkers doesn’t really feel like a break. And I often don’t know how long and what kind of things are acceptable, so I tend to avoid taking any breaks.

          Sounds stupid, but there is just some kind of underlying fear that I can’t get out of my head. And having less time to work on my actual responsibilities make that more stressful as well.