Mental Exhaustion

[morgan_dhu]

I am almost at the end of a month-long marathon in terms of work. I have been putting in truly insane hours - in four weeks, I have racked up 50 hours of overtime. I am both mentally and physically exhausted. Fortunately, I have two weeks vacation coming in mid-August, so if I can just stay functional until then, I can recouperate while sitting on the couch watching the Olympics.

The good things about this insane month are:
I have been writing qualitative analysis (my experience is primarily in quantitative analysis) under the guidance of one of the top qualitative reseachers in the country, and am learning a hell of a lot.

If we ever have a slow time at work, I now have 100 accumulated hours of lieu time. Unfortunately, we are only supposed to take lieu time when things are slow, and somehow it seems things are never slow. I'm thinking I'm going to take some lieu days over the next couple of weeks whether it's slow or not.

Comments

[xochiquetzl]

Eeeee! {{{{{Morgan}}}}}

You should definitely take a few days. Ack.

[victoriacatlady.livejournal.com]

Yes -- god, you must take care of yourself, and that means both rest and time off. And vacation time is nice, but you've missed all the time off you would "normally" have had. Definitely take lieu days.

[mishaslair.livejournal.com]

Yes, take a few days off! I hope things calm down soon and allow you to mentally recuperate.

{{{{{{soothing vibes}}}}}}}