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Aristus

(66,096 posts)
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:15 AM Aug 2020

God, I'm tired. I could use some Lounge vibes. I love you all...

Every morning, I log on to my schedule, look at the long list, and do a facepalm. This is after waking up tired from the day before.

I found out yesterday that providers over at the mainstream clinic are seeing as few as eight patients a day, while we're slammed over here, just because we're the red-headed stepclinic. "Ah, just send 'em over to the homeless clinic. Overflow is what they're there for". (No, we fucking-well are NOT!)

The pediatricians are keeping banker's hours over there, while I see pedes patients here in what is essentially an adult medicine clinic. I think they could return the favor a little, seeing as it's an international pandemic.

Week after next, I have off. I just need the strength to make it until then...



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God, I'm tired. I could use some Lounge vibes. I love you all... (Original Post) Aristus Aug 2020 OP
Stay safe and get as much sleep as you can. lark Aug 2020 #1
Wow, that sounds like a recipe for major burnout. catbyte Aug 2020 #2
Thank you. Aristus Aug 2020 #4
That does not sound crazy at all, Aristus. The trump administration... 3catwoman3 Aug 2020 #7
Thank you for all of your hard work... Freedomofspeech Aug 2020 #3
I am so sorry, my friend UpInArms Aug 2020 #5
You're doing the work of angels ... lillypaddle Aug 2020 #6
Sending hugs, sir. love_katz Aug 2020 #8
I hope you get the needed boost to get your through the next week, good luck Beringia Aug 2020 #9

lark

(23,006 posts)
1. Stay safe and get as much sleep as you can.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:18 AM
Aug 2020

Thank you for everything you do to help folks that need it so badly

catbyte

(34,174 posts)
2. Wow, that sounds like a recipe for major burnout.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:23 AM
Aug 2020

Hang in there--you're keeping people alive and that is nobler than just about anything on the planet.

Take care--we love you.

Aristus

(66,096 posts)
4. Thank you.
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 11:26 AM
Aug 2020

I think I crossed the burnout border a couple of years ago. Right now, I'm going on sheer bloodymindedness.

You know, it's a little crazy, but I think my burnout might be easier to deal with if we had a different President...



3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
7. That does not sound crazy at all, Aristus. The trump administration...
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 04:40 PM
Aug 2020

...is a major energy drain.

My recent 10 week furlough showed me that I need not dread retirement like I used to think I would. The only part of my job I still enjoy unreservedly is well baby and young child care. A day of teenagers leaves me feeling like I've been run over by a truck.

I've reached a point where I need life to be simpler not harder, and COVID-19 certainly isn't doing that. Also, finally, at age 69, I've come to the point where I realize that if I am only doing something because it pleases someone else and I do not enjoy it, I will probably not do it well - my altruism well has run dry.

Next June would mark 25 years in my present job, and I would have taken a certain pride in that. Now, I'm not sure it's worth it.

I feel for you, Aristus.

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