re: People in sales: how do you disconnect

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I have to bring more money home so my wife can shop online Every night

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I'm not in sales, but I certainly have grinded in every job ever. I can absolutely relate. I've tried different things. I have been passionate about every job at the beginning but sort of got bored and left for the next challenge. Now I understand it is about feeling like I am still challenging myself, still working toward a goal. Without that, then it is senseless grinding and just feels like a prison. Daily, weekly, monthly, and annual goals are a huge benefit in making it less monotonous.

Also, I find it is very important to take personal time to recharge. It is important to have it planned out in advance and on a regular basis so you know when it is coming. I make sure that 1 day a week is entirely for me - usually on Saturday. No work allowed that day, just quality time doing whatever.

Also, studies show that multiple 3 day weekends do a lot more to recharge you then a big week long or two week vacation. So every once in a while, I'll take a 3 day weekend. I have not taken more than 1 weekday off in years, but the multiple 3 day weekends work wonders.

So that is my suggestion after having been doing this for a decade. Always feel like you are working toward a goal, make sure to schedule personal time in advance so you know it is coming, and take multiple 3 day weekends throughout the year rather than one big vacation.

Get a job that you like

Schedule vacation days before or after a holiday off day so you can have longer weekends etc, kinda like mini vacations

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Navy, I may have phrased the OP in a way that made it seem as if I hate my job. I sound like a broken record by now, but I really don't. Isn't it entirely possible to just get burned out even while doing something you enjoy? If you do it long enough or work like a dog? It's not that I long for other things to do. It's that I long to spend a full day with my baby free from my phone, and knowing I can do it all over again the next day. It's just been a while since I've been able to disconnect. I did it slightly on maternity leave (2 years ago) and one other time in Italy (3 years ago). I sound whiny, sorry.

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Naw, I'm picking. It certainly is possible to burn out on something you enjoy. It'd be nice if more of us were in a financial/professional position to take a 6-month or year-long sabbatical and pick up right where we left off. Unfortunately, that isn't a reality for the vast majority of people (and never has been). I'd recommend alcohol, but that didn't do me any favors in the long run. Do you have the flexibility to dial back your hours/quota for a period of time?

And I wasn't joking. I hate my current position (and kinda grew to hate the last one). I still love being in the Navy, though. So I guess paradoxes can abound.

So far for anyone taking notes:

1) get a new job. K.
2) OOOR
3) multiple 3 day weekends.
4) setting a vacation far in advance as to give oneself something to look forward to.
5) have reliable And helpful coworkers. Which, luckily, I really do.

Thanks for your service. You're right. Would be awesome to be able to leave for a while and pick up where you left off. Guess the only solution for me is to have another baby. Lol. Outside of teachers, who the hell else can get that kind of time off in a year?

Video games were a nice escape.

Ewe. Unless we're talking Classic Nintendo or super Nintendo. I wasted many 7 year old hours killing bowser.

I never really got into sega. The bad kids down the street loved it, though. If we're going down this road..Pacman was my fave as a 5 y/o.