HeyJaredBurned Out Cookies
I write about job burnout, the symptoms of burnout, and how to recover from it.
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Sunday Scaries: Thoughts and Prayers for My Tomatoes (opens the original)
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The first weekend of fall is here. Now that it’s autumn, the nights are getting cooler, and I wonder how much longer my tomatoes will continue to grow, if at all, as the days become shorter.When I moved to Colorado in late winter, I was elated to have a small balcony. Finally, a place to garden outdoors with plenty of sunshine after spending a decade growing leggy windowsill plants in the gray backdrop of NYC. When stores and botanic gardens in my new neighborhood began to sell plants and seeds,
Sunday Scaries: Cat Naps FTW (opens the original)
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I feel pooped today. This weekend did not feel long enough at all, and now the work week is staring me in the face. Rude.Laundry, meal prep, vacuuming, deep cleaning the cat’s litter box (which I’ve been putting off for a long time…). My to-do list to set myself up well for the week tends to get very long. Even though I’m prioritizing the most essential things - like food and hygiene - I find myself a little offended and miffed by this list and by how much time it takes to literally survive.<div
Introducing Sunday Scaries (opens the original)
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Get the Most Out of a Day Off (opens the original)
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I want to take more time off work. Like, actually make it a priority to take a day off that’s restful. Not just filling my day off with doctor appointments and grocery shopping.The average private sector worker in the US gets only 11 vacation days per year - at least for their first few years of tenure. Barely one per month. My first job out of college afforded me only one day off per quarter.<a class="image-lin
4 Ideas To Survive a Tough Workplace (opens the original)
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Work often comes with stress. Power dynamics, deadlines, changing responsibilities, someone eating the snack you left on your desk. Sigh.But this typical daily stress can grow and become hard to manage. The impacts of stress have a lot of impacts on overall health, including connections to depression and anxiety, physical illness like chronic pain and autoimmune conditions, and </sp
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