I started a new job this week after spending four years with my
previous company. I was completely burnt out working crazy hours. I
managed it well enough for the first three years, but in the end it was
just too much stress. I've never put this much effort into any other
company I had ever worked for. I actually relocated to another state
for two years when requested to do so. I was given an offer that I
couldn't refuse thus my soul had been sold.
You hear this often, but I can tell you for sure that it ts completely correct. Money isn't everything. You
can't live without it, true, but happiness it does not bring. You come
to realize that family is the most important thing in life when you're
away from them for an extended period. We made many trips back home, but it was really exhausting. We finally made the choice to move back home and were lucky enough to do so with the same company.
Avoiding burnout is basically about pressure and time. How
much can you take for how long? This is different for everybody, but
make no mistake that we all have a limit. The difference is some of us
choose to act to change the situation and others find it easier to just
exist as one of the "working dead". I probably waited a little too long, but in the end it worked out just fine. My new company seems great and my free time has increased.
The way you act
when you come home from work can change dramatically when you have a
rewarding job with lower stress. How much quality time you spend with your family is how
happiness should be defined. Not working till 2am to get some
rediculous deadline met. This will not happen and my new job and I will
be able to spend more time with my family. I hope that anybody out
there reading this who is in a stressful situation at their job takes
this advise: get out now!
