Do you enjoy your job?

[bindian]

Enjoy it? Cannot say that, but I do not mind it. With as much experience as I have I can sleep walk thru most days and make good $$$.

We would (most nights) sleep through half of our shift. Then I got home and couldn't sleep.
hugs, Brandi

 

[daugen]

We all handle stress and anxiety differently but for most of us it wears on you. My late wife was a charge nurse in a big city hospital, a real adrenaline junky, but after 19 years of that she simply
burned out and couldn't take it any more. So she went to work in private practice and enjoyed that much more.
They say one out of four Americans suffer some form of significant depression, which sure doesn't promote enjoyment of life, or work.
And during these covid times, depression apparently is on the rise.
this was posted this morning:
Here are 12 ways to cope with anxiety from the election, the pandemic, social unrest, wildfires and the upcoming holidays - CNN

 

[ultrarunner]

Mom was charge for 20+ years and we'll respected and liked. Her retirement party was the largest the hospital ever had. She said she would dearly miss the people but knew it was in good hands

Several months after she left the hospital found itself short nurses. Several with military spouses were moving and a couple of others experiencing difficult pregnancies ..

She was asked if she would consider helping out as a floor nurse. The next day she was at work.

Turned out she loved coming in 2 days a week and said they could cancel her on a moment's notice if not needed..

Never seen her so happy. She worked about two years helping out until a vicious dog attack left her in bad shape... still never fully recovered

 

[k0ua]

We all handle stress and anxiety differently but for most of us it wears on you. My late wife was a charge nurse in a big city hospital, a real adrenaline junky, but after 19 years of that she simply
burned out and couldn't take it any more. So she went to work in private practice and enjoyed that much more.
They say one out of four Americans suffer some form of significant depression, which sure doesn't promote enjoyment of life, or work.
And during these covid times, depression apparently is on the rise.
this was posted this morning:
Here are 12 ways to cope with anxiety from the election, the pandemic, social unrest, wildfires and the upcoming holidays - CNN

I know of no better way to get some stress relief than to take a firearm and some reactive targets out to safe place and blast them into smithereens. If you know someone with a Class III firearm, even better. If that don't put a smile on your face, nothing will.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

I enjoy my job immensely and would never even consider doing anything else. I basically get paid for doing nothing.

I get paid a lot for doing a lot...

 

[Steppenwolfe]

We all handle stress and anxiety differently but for most of us it wears on you. My late wife was a charge nurse in a big city hospital, a real adrenaline junky, but after 19 years of that she simply
burned out and couldn't take it any more. So she went to work in private practice and enjoyed that much more.
They say one out of four Americans suffer some form of significant depression, which sure doesn't promote enjoyment of life, or work.
And during these covid times, depression apparently is on the rise.
this was posted this morning:
Here are 12 ways to cope with anxiety from the election, the pandemic, social unrest, wildfires and the upcoming holidays - CNN

This is a difficult topic to lump all people together. I am absolutely miserable if I don't have something going on; always been that way. Doesn't mean I don't take a day once in the while to kick back and relax... smell the roses, etc. But I like to have a bunch of projects to juggle...

 

[lman]

I get paid a lot for doing a lot...

I'm surprised you would use your time to read and post here. I'm semi-retired and don't spend as much time here as you do as I have other higher priority things to do. I also noticed that you had earlier stated that you wouldn't want to be a Dairy Farmer and got the impression that it was because there was little stress in that occupation. Apparently you weren't aware that dairy farms are going out of business at a rapid rate because the cost to produce milk was higher than what it was being sold at not long ago. Dairy farmers are just trying to survive and I would consider that to be very stressful. My sister and her family milk about 1,000 cows and would definitely say that it is stressful when the price of milk remains low.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

I'm surprised you would use your time to read and post here. I'm semi-retired and don't spend as much time here as you do as I have other higher priority things to do. I also noticed that you had earlier stated that you wouldn't want to be a Dairy Farmer and got the impression that it was because there was little stress in that occupation. Apparently you weren't aware that dairy farms are going out of business at a rapid rate because the cost to produce milk was higher than what it was being sold at not long ago. Dairy farmers are just trying to survive and I would consider that to be very stressful. My sister and her family milk about 1,000 cows and would definitely say that it is stressful when the price of milk remains low.

I grew up working on dairy farms in PA. I know exactly what it is; and I know all too well what it does to a farmer. So... you could say I am aware, and is why I chose that occupation to compare. As to posting here... 15 to 20 minutes a day I can spare. I place no priority on it...

 

[strantor]

I know of no better way to get some stress relief than to take a firearm and some reactive targets out to safe place and blast them into smithereens. If you know someone with a Class III firearm, even better. If that don't put a smile on your face, nothing will.

For real. No mention of shooting guns, mowing grass, or making things. Do breathing exercises and yoga really help people? What kind of people? That stuff would just frustrate me more than doing nothing at all.

 

[MossRoad]

For real. No mention of shooting guns, mowing grass, or making things. Do breathing exercises and yoga really help people? What kind of people? That stuff would just frustrate me more than doing nothing at all.

Breathing, yoga, stretching, etc... are no different than working out or going for a run.