Burnout is real and vacation time is just simply not enough, and work life balance in America is a joke.
I’ve been currently at my job for 3 years, and I try to work 5 days a week. My attendance has declined my 3rd year because I’m simply just tired. My mental declined and I try to do things to keep me at ease. But man working 5 days a week for a long period of time just doesn’t seem realistic for the mind. I feel like a zombie and yeah I just going and try not to lose myself. I live by myself and manage everything while working, I just feel like a rat on a wheel. I would choose this suffering over not having a job at all but it’s just miserable. 2-3 weeks of vacation isn’t enough imo. The best way I can put it is I’m just burnt out, but there has to be a solution for people who experience this. And no I can’t afford to quit I need money to pay my bills. The American Dream and working is just bullshit. source