I'm not BU but my brain is.

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last night I went to bed exhausted, drifted off, then woke up about 30mins later with my brain in overdrive remembering all the stressful things at work I need to sort out. So I made a long list. That seemed to work and I drifted off again until 4.45am since when I have been awake with mind buzzing about work again. I'm drained, shattered and have a day at work where I know fuzzy brained tiredness will prevent me doing all the things I need to. I feel it's a curse of working part time - I never feel fully on top of anything and in truth I cannot hope to do all the things I'm supposed to in the hours I'm silupposed to. I want to give my attention to my DDs when at home but often feel totally at the end of my tether or distracted by work.
So what can I do? My brain is BU!! Or my job is, or my life is, or I am........gah......Thanks, rant over.

Is a day off a possibility just to catch up a bit on stuff at home so you can start the weekend calmly feeling like you have achieved something? Honestly though I get this all the time and achieving little goals can make a huge difference - like sorting out a cupboard!!! I work ft at the moment with 2 kids and I find it hard, it is only temporary and I have huge respect for people who do it forever

Hope your day at work is ok, OP. I think making a list of work priorities is good, to get them out of your head and on to paper.

I feel the same about my part time job, there is never "enough" time in the two days I am in the office to clear my "To do" list.' On my days at home with our two toddlers, I find myself thinking about all the things I need to complete. But then I wondered - didn't I feel a bit like this when I worked full time, too? Thinking about work at weekends IYKWIM? Maybe i need to improve my time management

I had a catch up meeting with my boss yesterday and he wanted to see progress on one project which had been started "a week ago " - but in my 2 day week it was only "the day before yesterday", with a full day in between already allocated to a different project. Hard to explain without seeming a bit complainy!

What does your boss say about it?
is he/she understanding?
what do work colleagues say?

it is sort of a matter of finding out where the real problem lies
and whether anyone is being unreasonable
or whether you are getting worked up unnessecarily

ie finding the source of the problem,and hopefully working things out from there.
more questions than answers at this point.

Thanks for all the replies. After posting I went to work mega early and managed to sort out a few things that were bothering me. It's a particularly stressful time at the moment but in two weeks a lot of it will have passed. My boss is actually great and very supportive. Anyway, thanks for all the useful tips. I have a six day week next week because of work trip...aaaagghhh....but at least we've booked a summer holiday so I'm imagining that on the horizon. Also home now so can have quality time with DDs. Life's not so bad I guess...