Overwhelmed in Professional Life: The Challenges of Balancing Work and Leisure

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As of: October 28, 2023, 8:45 a.m

By: Clara Kistner

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In addition to a 40-hour week, doing sports regularly and maintaining hobbies and social contacts is not that easy. Career starters in particular often find themselves overwhelmed.

The transition from a generally very flexible schedule during school and study time to a fixed 40-hour week is probably not easy for most people. After starting a full-time position, employees are significantly restricted in their leisure activities and vacation planning. Even after a few years of routine and professional experience, working people regularly come home from work exhausted and have little energy for an extensive leisure and social life. It is not uncommon for a so-called burnout to occur after long-term excessive demands at work.

Completely overwhelmed in professional life: TikTok video goes viral

In a video clip lasting just under a minute and a half, the young woman asks herself TikTok-User and career starter @brielleybelly123, how working people still have time for a private life in addition to a 40-hour week can. She appears agitated and overwhelmed by her new life situation.

In addition to her time-consuming 9 to 5 job, the young woman has to commute to work every day because she cannot afford an apartment in the city. Accordingly, she would have little time or energy left in the evenings to cook, do sports, or meet up with friends.

Many people feel burnt out after a long week at work. There is no energy left for sports, meeting friends, etc. (Symbolic image) © Science Photo Library/Imago

Working from home would save her a lot of time that would be lost due to her long commute every day.

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TikTok users largely respond to the video with understanding

Her honesty was liked by over 200,000 users on the video portal. The topic seems to be well received, as the emotional video went viral on the platform with over a million views and more than 7,300 comments.

Many users write that they can understand the situation, which is not entirely easy, since they also have little time for their private life. Others find it difficult to understand the young woman’s feelings and find her reaction to what is for many people a regular work week a bit excessive.

“When I was 16, I worked 20 to 30 hours outside of school. I have now been in my professional life for almost 14 years. How were people like that raised?” “Welcome to life! 😂”“I’m 59 years old now and felt the same way in my job after school. It is so bad. Now I only work part time.” “It’s so repetitive and depressing, I feel for you.” “Everyone feels that way and no one does anything about it!” “Working five days and two days off a week honestly feels like that hell.”

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While some users are of the opinion that entering the professional world is hard, but it gets easier after a certain time, many insist that the feeling of being completely overloaded remains even after a few years in the job.

2023-10-28 16:36:07
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