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“I reached and grabbed ahold of the garden rake that was leaned up against the tree, when suddenly I felt my heart begin to race and I began to feel dizzy as my visual field became black. That is the last thing I recall before awakening to find myself lying on the ground in the front yard, with the handle of the rake resting on my chest.”

Passion Humour Medical Helping Others Manipulation Heartfelt Medical Drama Overworked Medical Fiction Hospital Bureaucracy

Book:Burned Out

Source: Burned Out

“The problem is that those of us who are lucky enough to do work that we love are sometimes cursed with too damn much of it.”

Jobs Work Labor Busy Occupation Overwhelmed Working Occupations Overworked

Book:All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists

Source: All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists

“As a king can wear a crown, a crown can also weary a king.”

Leadership Authority Stress Boss Weary King Drained Tiresome Redundant Crown Demands Deadlines Overworked Pressures Exhausted Worn Out

Author:Anthony Liccione

“The disturbing part is that no one teaches us how to deal with death at any point during our medical training, or even during our lifetime for that matter, particularly in a field such as mine where death was an inevitable certainty for some patients.”

Suffering Balance Emotions Trauma Medical Dedication Wellbeing Heartfelt Overworked Medical Fiction

Book:Burned Out

Source: Burned Out

“The USA utility power generation industry subcontracts out their dangerous jobs so that the bad statisitics will not be associated with them. Smart people avoid working for the subcontractors. I have worked directly for a number of subcontractors and overseen subcontractors and their staff were clearly sick, showing behavioral problems and overworked. In some cases they were blatantly breaking OSHA laws. OSHA covers it all up! Unfortunately, the problems can be traced back to OSHA and their wilful lack of enforcement of the law.”

“You're unwinding yourself like a spool. What happens when there's no more thread?' 'Then I spin more,' I say, carrying the metaphor. 'Let me help you,' she says, brightening. My brows rise. 'You want to make thread?”

Holly Black The Folk Of The Air Jude Duarte Jude The Wicked King Taryn Duarte Taryn Overworked Offering Help Unwinding

Book:The Wicked King

Source: The Wicked King

“It is the harpooneer that makes the voyage, and if you take the breath out of his body how can you expect to find it there when most wanted!”

Management Employers Employees Overworking Overworked Wasting Talent

Author:Herman Melville

“Working for yourself does not make working too hard any less foolish.”

Hard Work Employment Rest Burnout Overwork Self Employment Overworking Overworked In Praise Of Idleness Work Ethnic

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The idea that I can untangle everything seems as impossible as spinning straw in to gold, but each night I stay awake until the sun is high in the sky, trying my hardest to do just that.”

Impossible Holly Black The Folk Of The Air Jude Duarte Jude The Wicked King Sleepless Nights Overworked Burdened Figuring Things Out

Book:The Wicked King

Source: The Wicked King

“Just because you take breaks doesn’t mean you’re broken.”

Broken Mindfulness Self Care Starting Over Rest Burnout Relaxing The Mind Overworked Rejuvenate Taking Breaks

Author:Curtis Tyrone Jones

“We are overworked and overstressed, constantly dissatisfied, and reaching for a bar that keeps rising higher and higher.”

Reaching Dissatisfied Bar Overworked Overstressed

Book:Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Source: Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout