Results for “work & burnout”

I've been running on caffeine and to-do lists for two years straight. Today a tiny thing went wrong at work and I just folded. I locked myself in a stall and cried until my face went numb, then walked out and pretended nothing happened. I k...

New title, more money, a team that looks to me for answers. And a voice in my head insisting I fooled everyone and the moment they realise I'm in over my head is coming. I keep over-preparing and under-sleeping to outrun the feeling. Does t...

I do the work, I get the praise, and then when it is time to talk money I shrink into a polite, grateful version of myself that accepts whatever is offered. I have watched people with half my output ask for double and get it. The skill I am...

I have mastered the look of someone who has it together. Calendar full, replies fast, always nodding. But most days I am quietly unsure if anything I do matters, performing productivity while feeling completely adrift. The mask is exhaustin...

On paper I have made it. Good title, good money, the kind of role people congratulate you for. But I snap at people I love, I dread Monday by Saturday afternoon, and I have not felt curious about anything in months. The golden handcuffs are...

People would kill for this role and I know it, which is exactly why I cannot complain out loud anywhere but here. The pressure to be grateful is its own weight. I smile in meetings and cry in the car. Wanting something for years and then qu...