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For me, this is the BEST job ever. I feel that I have been placed where I should be, didn't even know it until the last couple years and it still amazes me. Everybody says I am great with the kids and that I provide great care. Even my raters say my interactions with the kiddos are awesome.
I love that I get to work from home. Granted, they are long days, and are very tiring, but when I think about possibly being out in the workforce again, NO WAY! I hate all the office politics and cliques and commuting and having to do what a boss says when you know it's not right, and so on and so on.
Also working from home makes it easier for me to manage my fibromyalgia.
Doing another job from home though, won't make me happy like this.
I understand how you could be feeling tired of it. I am usually wiped by lunchtime and everyday after work I just sit around the house. Feels like I have nothing left. There are times where I feel like it takes everything out of me and I have no personal life because of it, but I couldn't imagine doing anything else.
However, there are plenty of people that can't handle this job or it's just not a good fit for them. Sometimes some of my parents ask me how I can take care of so many kids, when they can barely handle their one or 2, but that's the way it is. Everybody has different strengths, weaknesses and passions.
It could be the winter blues. Usually this time of year I play around a little in my head wondering if I should be doing something else. However, I NEVER have ever thought that this is a horrible job/career.
But it sounds like you really aren't happy. Since it started at the beginning of winter, was it just this year or have you noticed a pattern each winter. There is a seasonal depression called SAD. You might have that? Talk to your doctor about your depression and get help for it. In the meantime, analyze and decide if it really is the job or not. If it is, then find something else. Not worth the emotional distress, or the vibes that I am sure the kiddos can pick up from you.
I wish you well.
ETA: Sometimes it helps to look at the good/cute things about the children. The stuff that makes you laugh. I know there are days when that doesn't happen, but go to memory and try replacing some of those thoughts with happy thoughts that make you love the children.
I love that I get to work from home. Granted, they are long days, and are very tiring, but when I think about possibly being out in the workforce again, NO WAY! I hate all the office politics and cliques and commuting and having to do what a boss says when you know it's not right, and so on and so on.
Also working from home makes it easier for me to manage my fibromyalgia.
Doing another job from home though, won't make me happy like this.
I understand how you could be feeling tired of it. I am usually wiped by lunchtime and everyday after work I just sit around the house. Feels like I have nothing left. There are times where I feel like it takes everything out of me and I have no personal life because of it, but I couldn't imagine doing anything else.
However, there are plenty of people that can't handle this job or it's just not a good fit for them. Sometimes some of my parents ask me how I can take care of so many kids, when they can barely handle their one or 2, but that's the way it is. Everybody has different strengths, weaknesses and passions.
It could be the winter blues. Usually this time of year I play around a little in my head wondering if I should be doing something else. However, I NEVER have ever thought that this is a horrible job/career.
But it sounds like you really aren't happy. Since it started at the beginning of winter, was it just this year or have you noticed a pattern each winter. There is a seasonal depression called SAD. You might have that? Talk to your doctor about your depression and get help for it. In the meantime, analyze and decide if it really is the job or not. If it is, then find something else. Not worth the emotional distress, or the vibes that I am sure the kiddos can pick up from you.
I wish you well.
ETA: Sometimes it helps to look at the good/cute things about the children. The stuff that makes you laugh. I know there are days when that doesn't happen, but go to memory and try replacing some of those thoughts with happy thoughts that make you love the children.
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Thank you ladies for all the replies. My intention is to reply back to all of your inputs in this thread but it will have to wait for the weekend... I'm soo tired right now!!! It's 9pm, I still got things to do, but my legs hurt from all the standing/walking/kneeling and I have no more energy. I'll just lay down in bed with my daughter snuggled watching Tv so we can finally enjoy each other a little bit before all the work starts all over again tomorrow ... I'm soo DONE for today ...
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