I was definitely feeling a burn-out by End of December, the main causes:
1. Kids at home including a 2yo who needed regular attention.
2. Working late nights to get un-disrupted time for work (see 1).
3. Fear of getting a bad performance review (it ended up being not so great anyways).
4. Lack of interactions with co-worker and working odd hours led me to waste quite a bit of time on re-inventing the wheel at work.
5. Seattle freeze/weather didn't help either and a big stretch without vacation.
I took a 2 week break at end of December which coincided with end of our perf review period. Though I didn't get the (perf) rewards I wanted, having it be over gave me a lot of clarity.
I felt we were lucky with flexible and stable jobs and good friends close-by. However, I always had a feeling/pressure that I should be able to do it all (exercise/work/manage kids), and it was hard to balance all the expectations I had of myself leading to stress and an eventual burn-out.
1. Kids at home including a 2yo who needed regular attention.
2. Working late nights to get un-disrupted time for work (see 1).
3. Fear of getting a bad performance review (it ended up being not so great anyways).
4. Lack of interactions with co-worker and working odd hours led me to waste quite a bit of time on re-inventing the wheel at work.
5. Seattle freeze/weather didn't help either and a big stretch without vacation.
I took a 2 week break at end of December which coincided with end of our perf review period. Though I didn't get the (perf) rewards I wanted, having it be over gave me a lot of clarity.
I felt we were lucky with flexible and stable jobs and good friends close-by. However, I always had a feeling/pressure that I should be able to do it all (exercise/work/manage kids), and it was hard to balance all the expectations I had of myself leading to stress and an eventual burn-out.