Burnout: do you ever suffer from it?
I became a home daycare provider so I could be here for my kids when they needed me but I have been feeling a lot of burnout days.
There are times where 5:30 comes and I am just pooped. I can barely clean and vacuum or have energy to do homework with my kids. I also find it hard to have patience for my hubby and my kids at times because I feel like I have GIVEN of myself all day and just need to be left alone.
10 hours of nurturing, be happy, positive, energetic while also cooking, cleaning etc is exhausting and at the end of the day I feel like I have nothing left to give. Yesterday I was on my feet for about 12 hours before I got to sit down and just relax. Even during the nap I was tidying and doing dishes with only a moment or two to check the forum as I walked by the laptop.
Then I feel guilty for my own kids and hubby because this burnout defeats the purpose of why I am doing this.
I guess i am wondering if I am alone with this burnout feeling. It is almost like weekends I can partially come back to my family, be more relaxed and present with them and pay attention to my husband and connect with him but during the week I often just am focused on what needs to get done rather than the emotions.
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There are awesome daycare days...days where my heart smiles because I see how anxious the kids are to tell me things or show me what they can do or what new shirt they got but even knowing that these kids are happy while they are with me doesn't solve this issue of me feeling burned out at the end of the day for my own family.