seriously how do people have energy for things
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we took out... half the garbage

it took us the entire four-day weekend to gather up enough energy to do that

how the fuck do people do this regularly while alos having a 40-hour work week
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severe executive function(?) difficulties 

we're only barely able to keep on top of laundry enough to have something to wear each day

many days we can't even manage to take a proper shower

vacuuming is a once in a blue moon thing

we can't even use non-paper dishes because they'll end up in the sink for ages and then get thrown out when they go moldy because mysophobia means that moldy things, even after being cleaned of mold, aren't usable to us

we just

can't keep on like this
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@Felthry

i know you worry about losing the job and understand that fear but you can't keep pushign yourselves like this. you really need to ask for a shortened schedule before you burn out completely -s4

severe executive function(?) difficulties 

@Felthry

we're extremely worried about you b/c it feels like you're pushing yourself to the breaking point for fear of changing anything or not doing "enough"

severe executive function(?) difficulties 

@nautilee @Felthry I'm also extremely worried. You don't sound overwhelmed to me, you sound burned out but not aware of it.

I'm glad you're trying to hire people to handle some chores. I believe you do need time to yourself, and time to do nourishing things, and the sooner the better.

Like, I believe if you have sick time, or vacation time, you should take it *now*.

re: severe executive function(?) difficulties 

@Austin_Dern @nautilee unfortunately we are in the negative on vacation time after taking a week off like two months ago for this exact problem, which didn't seem to help any
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re: severe executive function(?) difficulties 

@Austin_Dern @nautilee we have some sick time but like... we're not sick? i don't think we're allowed to use it when we're not sick
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