I've realised that nobody ever says this without it being sort of jokey, but I am having a real problem with this at the moment.
I am a secondary teacher but I only work three days a week. Nonetheless, the work piles up and I often have a lot to do on my days off, evenings and weekends.
I'm off two week days and my small DC are at school, so I have about six hours childfree each day. I just can't seem to motivate myself to do anything in that time. I can feel the weight of everything to do piling in on me - the housework, the marking, the admin, the lesson planning etc, and I feel so overwhelmed that I do very little. I worry a lot - that seems to be my only pastime! Today I've been food shopping, then sat down feeling rubbish and fell asleep for a while 😳. A friend rang a little while ago and I could face a chat so I didn't answer.
I should say that I'm on ADs which I am rubbish at remembering to take, but other than that, I think I might just be a terribly lazy person.
Any advice on how to motivate myself please? Or has anyone overcome this? I know it's my own fault - but everything feels such hard work!