You are really tired but you have to go to work. How do you find new energy?

Or time out, book one weekend off and sleep.

Music is a great way to get new energy when we feel tired I am not able to listen to loud music in my home at the time when I leave for work, because I would disturb the neighbours, but I love to listen to loud music in the car. I always listen to my favourite music on the way to work, and I wouldn't leave the house without some of my favourite cds.

I can't imagine myself without having music around. Dull and gloomy it seems. Music is so powerful that it can dictate the disposition of anyone who can hear it. I used to listen to smooth jazz when I need to relax.

It sounds like you have found a different kind of motivation I like your idea about focusing on the positive things and the things that we enjoy about our work. I think that we are always able to find some positive things if we look for them. It doesn't have to be big things, it could be small things about our daily routine that we enjoy. I don't think that there are any hotties at my work but I am sure that I can find other things that I enjoy if I think carefully about it.

Yes, that is life. Maybe some can say that my way of motivation is crazy, but it works. However, crazy it is, I have success in getting through me by such way so I am keeping it that way. I think that it is human nature to be motivated to do something if there are pleasant thing or person which comes with that something.

Wow, that's a different one Agrent:) But I think it can work, yeah in fact it works, it's just that I've never used it for going to work. But I remember not going to gym for almost a week because the hottie that I like watching was on leave. Guess what, he doesn't even know that I eye him. We have a gym at work and every time I see passing going to gym, I also take my gym bag, I changed my gym time because of him. Unbelievable I know, but yeah. It's called life.

It sounds like both of you have very little time to relax. It is exhausting to have two jobs, but sometimes it is neccesary because we need the money. Now that I work in weekends I don't really look forward to the weekends, because I know that I will be busy with work and I spend most of the weekends on working and sleeping. I am not going to keep that extra job forever, but right now I need it.

Oh finally here's someone I agree with, I also work work work, but I can't say I feel tired, on Saturdays I just want to rest my body after five days of waking up. With me it's not a must to go on Saturdays but it's overtime at my work place, sometimes I don't go because I'd be feeling so exhausted but most of the time I go because I'm a single parent. I think a term for this is life.

Thanks for the advice, Cutie and mikyung I think that you are right about the burn-out. I think that one of the problems is the fact that I have an extra job as well as a voluntary job at the moment. I didn't have my extra job when I started the voluntary job, but now I have both. I don't want to give up the volutary work, because I enjoy my voluntary job as a language teacher and my students and I have a great relationship, but sometimes it gets a little too much, because I don't get enough rest.

I agree. It's a burn-out. You need to unload any burden you have right now and try to refocus your mind to positive things. We need a healthy body to have a health mind. Be healthy and pray.

The money is a good thing to keep in mind when it is difficult to find the energy to go to work. My weekend job is an extra job that I have taken because I want to save up money for travelling, and my trip if is my motivation. I still don't have all of the money that I need for the trip and if I want to travel this year I need to work hard. I try to remember that when I am tired and don't feel like going to work. I work at night and sometimes it seems so tempting to stay in bed, but I have to work if I want to save up the money for my trip. Music is another way to find new new energy. I live in a semi detached and we can't listen to loud music in our home, because it disturbs the neighbours, but I love to listen to my favourite music in the car.

Hi Nikhabele! I appreciate your concern for me and you have a point about my job. My husband said something similar to me a few days ago, and I think that he is worried about me because I work a lot at the moment. I took the extra job because I still don't have all of the money that I need for my trip in November and December. I am trying to save as much as I can from my regular income, but it is not quite enough, and I need more money. I don't intend to keep this weekend job forever, I will give it up when I find something that is less exhausting. I am thinking about spending more time on my online earning sites because I would be able to do that from my home and it would be less stressful.

I won't say money should be your motivation cause you can also find another better paying job(if it's about Money) so rather look for something that interests you about your job and think bout it when you feel like not going. Porcosino, don't over work yourself. You saying you started that job because you wanted extra money but still that money doesn't add to what you want, but exhaustion is catching up with you, then clearly you don't need that. I'd say either quit that job or find something that won't demand your energy that much. I mean you don't want to go to hospital at the time you'd rather be going to your holiday now, or do you?

It sounds like you have found a good ways to handle the situation. I think it is a great idea to make plans for your days off, because that gives you something to look forward to. We all need those days every once in a while in order to get new energy. I have some things that I look forward in May like an anniversary dinner with my husband and a movie night, if I focus more on things that I think that will be easier to find my motitivation again. You also mentioned meditation. I used to meditate, but I haven't done it for a while. Your response inspired me to start again, I think I am going to try that.

Thanks Porcospino. I really appreciate your comment. As a newbie here, I'm looking forward to achieve a thousand more responses and opinion. I really admire those people, that includes you, making this site a huge one. Good luck to you, on your anniversary dinner and may the force be with you.

In a situation like yours it is really important to get some rest in the weekends. It is a good thing that you are able to have to a quiet realxation day on Sunday. I can relate to your siatuation because I used to have an illness that made me extremely tired. Today I have more energy, but I still remember how challenging it was to work at that time. I got tired so easily and I needed many breaks.

I personally think Kareng have to consult a specialist of some sort cause it's either there's a problem in her system or she's over using the word tired. Kareng, I'd think you don't like your job if you were not saying over weekends you get "super tired". So something tells me either you are stressed but you not aware or you not enjoying something in your life currently. Porcospino, you are saying you used to have some sort of illness, if I were you I'd get worried that maybe its coming back. It's either that or you simply don't like your job. But as I was reading your story I thought he/she doesn't like this place he/she goes to on weekends. I thought that cause there was a time in my life when the same thing was happening to me. I hated my job but obviously I had to do it cause I needed some money. And by the way then I was also working weekends. The bottom line will then be, weekends are for resting not working. Well unless you like it, there are people who were always on high spirits then when I was working on weekends. They were enjoying every minute of it. Good luck to both of you:)

I am sorry to hear about your health problems, it must be frustrating that you can't get a good night's sleep. I have gone to work without sleeping and it was very hard to get through to the day, I was so tired, but I tried to keep myself busy as much as possible. Today it is not difficult for me to get a good night's sleep, because the medcine that I take helps me fall asleep and when I fall asleep I sleep the rest of the night.

Cher how do you explain a "horrible sleeper"? Every body needs that rest, it's really bad for your health to not sleep and think dehydration will sort you out. Try getting some sleep dearie.

That is a really great idea Maybe I should do the same thing. I love travelling and visiting new places so I think that would be a great sourse of motivation for me. Maybe I could take a short trip every time I finish my weekend job, I think that would make it easier to get through the last hours of work. I always wanted to visit some of the small islands in my area so that could be my reward when I finish my job