I lived on the grounds of the hospital where I worked for most of my double-shift years. It was wild being young and essentially having no life outside the hospital
I used to work a 16 every once in a while back when I was a security guard at an acute care hospital. Of course, the hospital was not open while being renovated, I was barely paid minimum wage, and I didn't care about my job, so it was more like an 8-4-4 where I took a quick nap in a patient room.
Back in the 90s when I was a baby consultant, we had a few week-long projects where we'd drive home to shower and change suits and come back to the office for about three days in a row. After the second day, a conference table made a surprisingly comy bed for a nap.
Seeing that is hitting hard.
I've had to do 12 to 14 hrs a day for seven days a week.
Or even more, depending on what is going on.
Explains why I want to nap and cry so much at times, on top of everything.
It's okay. At least I have my Pokémon plushies to keep me company.
That’s far too much Princess.
I told my boss what I was doing and he said stop and log off earlier you’re going to get burned out. And I’ll tell you the same since it’s almost 3 am there and you should be asleep!!
It takes plushies AND self discipline to set personal boundaries.
