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Originally Posted by Deejay14
Knit, I don't know how long you volunteered for but I can tell you it has taken me a solid month to get used to working 4 hours every other day after 3 years of being out of the work force. For 2.5 weeks I was absolutely exhausted and highly stressed. This week the fatigued an anxiety were noticeably better. I seriously underestimated the physical, mental and emotional stress of just working 12 hours a week. Be gentle on yourself and maybe ease into it slower if you elect to try again.
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Deejay, I really appreciate this perspective. Thank you. While I am too embarrassed to go back and say I want to come back (I think it was frustrating for supervisor today and maybe other people, bc they were counting on me, don't know, but I'm too embarrassed), and also I'm not sure thats what I want, It helps to hear you say all that about taking it slow. I do think I was going too fast. Especially with this particular activity. I will remember this for the future.