[tnmedic]

Man I am just so tired, doesn't seem to matter what I do here at work, I am ****ed if I do and ****ed if I don't. I am very good at being a paramedic but I am so tired and burned out, and honestly I just wish I could go to school and become a chef and open my own resteraunt and be just like burger king and have it my way. Sorry I am just tired and whining and can you believe I have had two pots of coffee tonight. Sorry for whining

[DWFan]

No apologies necessary. Everyone needs a release. We've got some pretty understanding folks here.
Hey...if they'll put up with me....

[Henri]

Must be a full moon, my boss is having another spurt of arrogance before the senility shuts him down. Feb-Mar I should be debt free again. Flipping burgers, after I flip him off, sounds better and better.

PS: If you get a call in Gallatin on a fat, ugly redhead...

[grizcty]

Today is summer Solstice.

[9mmXDm]

Quote:       Originally Posted by tnmedic

Man I am just so tired, doesn't seem to matter what I do here at work, I am ****ed if I do and ****ed if I don't. I am very good at being a paramedic but I am so tired and burned out, and honestly I just wish I could go to school and become a chef and open my own resteraunt and be just like burger king and have it my way. Sorry I am just tired and whining and can you believe I have had two pots of coffee tonight. Sorry for whining

I know what your feeling. I work in a job where I am good at what I do, but am burned out. I too want to go back to school to be a chef.

[Brother Bob]

Hang in there buddy. I can't count the times I felt as you do right now. I put in over 30 years at Ma Bell and I assure you it wasn't always fun. There was times that the only thing that kept me going was the thought of my three girls and wife not being able to have the things they need and want. Keep your chin up and keep plugging away. It'll be alright.

[Bigfoot]

It is tough to fight feeling depressed, dissapointed, unappreciated, and tired of being a working drone. It is no simple task to place your focus on things that make you feel happy, but that is what you must do. To survive mentally sometimes you have to just let go of stressing over things that you cannot control in a day to day environment and look beyond to the bigger picture. Think of something in the future that you can focus on that will get your mind off the drudgery of the day, and every time you feel overwhelmed, put your thoughts right back there. I believe this is what people do to deal with stress. It makes the hours pass more quickly, and gives you some happy sense of sanity. A future event could be as simple as sitting back in a lawn chair by a campfire, a day at the range, or whatever you have really enjoyed doing in the past that you remembered was something you'd really like to do again. I've always looked at a job as a necessary evil. I have made my mind believe that it is what gets me to my moments of happiness. Otherwise, any job would be a bummer.

[Capt'n Mil Coll]

Ive been really tired and burned out lately as well. Seems a lot of people I talk to say the same thing as well. I dont know if it is the lousy weather or too much stress or government distrust or just too much stuff to do in seemingly shorter time every day. But I do know I seem to be tired more and more. Dont know what to do about it.

[oldjarhead]

If your super, boss, handler, what-ever title, struggles to find only fault with your performance then it is time to go-over-his-head and discuss the problem. If it cannot be resolved, silently seek employment elsewhere.
Years ago, outfits employed leaders to handle a group of workers...now outfits hire managers. There's a big difference between the two.
Hang in there until you find something better...if you really want to be a chef...do it. If you're not happy during the job at hand; only you can change it.

[bigpistolnut]

I think the emotional stress our Federal Overlords have placed us in is taking a toll on everyone. The way I deal with it is set goals for myself and attempt to fill them.My current goal is to be debt free.I helps to take my mind off everything else and will help me in the long run. I have also learned to let those things I have no contol over go and consentrate on what I do have control over.... Seems to help!

[Tha Dave]

Tn I feel ya bro, my bosses keep chewing my a** for the guys under me messing up. Its nothing major just simple stupid things that they keep messing up on, but you would think they had just slaped a baby or something and somehow its my fault. I talk to them 1 on 1 and get nowhere, I yell and cuss and get no where, I make them do stupid stuff and I get yelled at. My exwife keeps makeing my life hell at home. I just need a break, you know its bad when you look forward to going to Afghanistan just to get away.

[.22guy]

Hang in there! Things could always be worse, I have to tell myself that sometimes.

[Ten Man]

Quote:       Originally Posted by Tha Dave

........you know its bad when you look forward to going to Afghanistan just to get away.

Yoowwwww!

You need to take a couple days off, and get some space!

Seriously!

Frustration in a job is very common. When it gets to the point that it seems there is no way out, it is usually a good time to take some time off and regroup. That is if you really need the job.

If you do not need the job (few folks have that luxury) walk out the door.

Life is too short for self-destructing in the name of making a dollar.

[big shrek]

Sounds like you need a vacation.
Transporting corpses & the soon-to-be corpses will drain you.
Most folks don't know that old folks about to croak or already croaked make up 80%-plus of ambu transports

Best thing to do, tell your boss that you are burnt out and afraid of making a bad mistake and take a week off,
go to Lawrenceburg, TN (an hour & a half south), stay at the Davy Crockett state park and FISH & HIKE & SWIM, and generally goof off.
Do NOTHING for awhile...sit in the shade and RELAX...have a few Jack Daniels & Dr. Pepper's.
Drink a SunDrop or ten

If ya ain't hitched, finda wench and make the camper bounce.
If ya are hitched, treat your wife like a newlywed

Spend some time in prayer in the beauty of the woods.

I've done 21 years as a volunteer firefighter...the reason I didn't go career was that I KNEW that sometimes I needed to get away from it for a few weeks.
Sometimes the blood is just too much...seeing a child hurt is just too much...seeing friends mangled in car/motorcycle crashes is just too much...
and you have to go Reset yourself and your brain...then you can enjoy it again.

The really weird thing...sometimes, near the end of vacation, something happens to remind you why you chose the path of rescue.
You'll be relaxing on a raft, and see a kid starting to drown...and you'll be the only one who can get to 'em fast & knows how to pull 'em out
and get them breathing again. Or you'll see a camper screw up and toss gas on a fire and themselves...or someone gets snakebit by a cottonmouth,,,
or impales themselves with a branch/fencepost while jogging/biking/rockclimbing...
It all varies...but the bottom line will be that you'll know what to do and you LIKE doing it when it really counts.

Its the curse of being a perpetual Boy Scout...you have to LOVE people and love helping them when they need it the most.
Sometimes, we need to remember what it is about the job that we love so we can continue to do it.

IF you want a change inside your career that is more heartening...transfer to the NICU Transport Unit...
LOTS of hope there, and it is beautiful to see the little babies you brought to the hospital grow up over the years
The NICU paramedics get to go inside the NICU, and see the little ones they brought as they grow inside the incubators...
not to mention they receive the thanks of grateful parents whose children (that would have expired 20 years ago) have a real good chance of life!!

Rest, Recharge, & Remember why you love the job

[Sandy Pockets]

I feel your pain. I am also burned out at the job I am doing. I applied for a different job with a different agency HOPING to get out of here. I found out yesterday that I didn't get the job. Unfortunately, for now, I have to suck it up and stay here until I can find some other position to apply for.

I have 5 weeks of "use or lose" but I don't have enough money to take a vacation.

[tnmedic]

I wish it were my direct boss that was one of them but it's the county mayor my bosses boss and the ultimate boss and my patients as well, just had an incident that blew my mind and still waiting to see if it may come back and bite me in the back side, but I did document everything that happened and talked to my LT as it was happening. Sorry was just feeling sorry for myself and after my wife get through her probation period at her new job I am going to start taking classes and time off as needed for education and training for a new to me career.