Do you keep up at work?

[krysalyss]

I am so swamped with work. I am ALWAYS swamped with work. No matter what job I am in I feel like this. My question is does everyone feel like this no matter what job they do? Doing a full time job in part time hours plus a toddler has left me exhausted. I am also having funding problems for my work so am very stressed about that. Do you ever have a job without feeling like a rat on a running wheel?

[AngelPunks]

I suppose I'm lucky that my work has ebbs and flows, but when I'm busy I'm BUSY (try 15hr days some days).

I've never had a "cushie" job, I think I'd go nuts in a cushie job, I love being busy & challenged.

[briggsy's girl]

i love being intellectually challenged - but being able to walk away with nothing over me at the end of the day. essentially, there are thousands of other people that do "my job" so no pressure on me personally. i used to do supervisor stuff and found it frustrating that it would be on my mind all the time

[ss_storm]

I am never really that busy at work..especially now that I no longer have any TAFE work to keep me busy! I wish I was sometimes though, I'm so tired lately that I just want to close my eyes and go to sleep at my desk, or I'm bored because there is nothing really to do... on the other hand it's good because my work starts at 9am and finishes at 5pm, so there's no taking home "baggage" from work.
So sorry I don't have any tips for you!! Are you able to delegate some of your work to other people in your workplace? And hope this isn't too rude, but how are your organisational/prioritising skills? Sometimes you just have to say "no", or be honest with yourself and say I can't do that today, but it will be first on my list for tomorrow, and don't worry about it until then.

[krysalyss]

Thanks guys for your comments. I know I definitely have a habit of taking too much on but have been better since having DS and also when I started this job when I forced myself to give up my committee position on a charity. I am actually doing my PhD so not really a job but I get paid so I figure it is the same thing. But because it is project based and I just seem to have deadline after deadline and I can't keep up. I have worked in fulltime jobs before but seem to remember always feeling this way. Also compromising on my hours with DS isn't an option because I can't (DH needs time to study too) and also because I don't want to miss out on it. Guess I am just after hope that life after PhD will be a bit easier than it is now! Again, thanks girls.