Oh yes I relate to a lot of this. I’m a burnt out teacher, I’ve managed to reduce my hours so much that I’m able to manage more the burn out but it doesn’t resolve the WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO NEXT that screams at me almost daily.
I’m exploring an ADHD diagnosis and my head runs a million miles an hour to try and find the problems to solve to make me happy.
I have lately not been able to respond with people’s happy news with happiness but it provokes sadness in me (interesting right?); babies (just found out I can’t have kids), jobs (I’m in small town Spain and there ain’t a lot here for me, I thought I wanted to be a teacher for life, alas got myself in this pickle) and marriage (the wedding venue we booked has just cancelled after the worst communication just as I was about to send the invites and had announced the wedding to my family 🙈).
My main difference is I have bought a house and it’s saving my sanity a bit with endless jobs I can throw myself into.
I’ve been trying hard to find little joys in every day. That perfect cup of tea, that moment sat with the sun on my face, popping to the cafe for a coffee, a decent chat with a friend and embracing my winter season in a hope summer will come again.
I highly recommend the book Wintering by Katherine May! It’s great for those searching for doing when actual we need to just be 💕🫶 I need to learn just to be!
Anyways I hope you can connect to my babbling on. Sending big hugs 🤗 You did the right thing!
Most of my friends back in Italy are teachers, I don't envy them. You make some valid points here. Also, MAFS? what a gem. I started watching it ironically on my lunch break years ago because my colleagues were talking about it non-stop. And here we are. It's my and my partner on the sofa, with a group chat on the side.
The group chats are the best part about watching the show! I have one where most of it is us sending screenshots of other people's comments on Reddit- ha!
Oh yes I relate to a lot of this. I’m a burnt out teacher, I’ve managed to reduce my hours so much that I’m able to manage more the burn out but it doesn’t resolve the WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO NEXT that screams at me almost daily.
I’m exploring an ADHD diagnosis and my head runs a million miles an hour to try and find the problems to solve to make me happy.
I have lately not been able to respond with people’s happy news with happiness but it provokes sadness in me (interesting right?); babies (just found out I can’t have kids), jobs (I’m in small town Spain and there ain’t a lot here for me, I thought I wanted to be a teacher for life, alas got myself in this pickle) and marriage (the wedding venue we booked has just cancelled after the worst communication just as I was about to send the invites and had announced the wedding to my family 🙈).
My main difference is I have bought a house and it’s saving my sanity a bit with endless jobs I can throw myself into.
I’ve been trying hard to find little joys in every day. That perfect cup of tea, that moment sat with the sun on my face, popping to the cafe for a coffee, a decent chat with a friend and embracing my winter season in a hope summer will come again.
I highly recommend the book Wintering by Katherine May! It’s great for those searching for doing when actual we need to just be 💕🫶 I need to learn just to be!
Anyways I hope you can connect to my babbling on. Sending big hugs 🤗 You did the right thing!
Hi Shiela!
Thanks for sharing- certainly a lot going on for you, so makes sense that your brain is busy trying to figure everything out and working over-time!
The little joys are so important. We share similar small joys.
And yes I'm a big fan of Katherine May! Wintering is wonderful :)
I so enjoyed wintering and seeing periods of shitiness as periods of wintering.
Yes lots going on indeed, my mind would be going a million miles an hour anyways but with everything else to chew on it’s working hard.
I hope you’ve found some small joys this week 💕
Most of my friends back in Italy are teachers, I don't envy them. You make some valid points here. Also, MAFS? what a gem. I started watching it ironically on my lunch break years ago because my colleagues were talking about it non-stop. And here we are. It's my and my partner on the sofa, with a group chat on the side.
The group chats are the best part about watching the show! I have one where most of it is us sending screenshots of other people's comments on Reddit- ha!