@SQUEEKY2 Is it possible for you to plan a “quiet day” during your weekend? If you have family or other responsibilities at home, look for ways to have other people take on some of those things. I’m a retail manager with a six-day work week, and after having to be “on” all the time, I ended up with some serious burnout.
When you reach that level of stress and physical exhaustion, sometimes the only thing that helps is to put everything else on hold, and just spend a day decompressing. Tell everyone in advance, so that nobody is allowed to bother you on that day. Eat all your favorite foods, watch your favorite tv shows, and generally be the king of the castle that day.
For me, sometimes that means going for a nice nature hike all by myself. The last one, I was so exhausted that I spent most of the day just sleeping, and woke up to read a little bit. For my boss, what worked was having the house to himself. His wife, their kids, and grandkids spent the day Christmas shopping, and my boss spent the day in his armchair, drinking beer and watching football.
If you work very hard, chances are you’re either the breadwinner in your family, or you’re seen as the “go-to” person for taking care of things. I’m the “go-to” person in my house. It’s amazing how refreshed you will be after just ONE blessed day of nobody bothering you, and doing whatever you want.
If you can’t get this on a weekend, it might be worthwhile to schedule a personal day off work for it.