Ladiesofhive contest wk182: Job stress, was I able to cope??

1️⃣ How do you handle job stress? Do you deal with it well, or at some point has it generated some health discomfort or problems within the family? Would you prefer to do your office work from home?

Hello everyone, I welcome you to my blog, happy new week, may it be a blessed and fruitful one for us all🙏. The topic for this week takes me back to memory lane of job stress and how my health was involved back then

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There is nothing as good as having your own money as a woman, sometimes the only way we can be okay financially is to work under somebody, some of the conditions might not be so favourable, but we still try to cope to cater for ourselves.When I was teaching in a Primary School, which one of my Sister's friends helped me to get, because I really hate to sit down too much at home, this was my first job after NYSC, even though I had experience of teaching while I was serving, but it wasn't much of a stress, also considering the fact that I was living in the school premises made it easier for me, I didn't have to think about transport fare, all my concern was majorly feeding which my allowee(allowance) of #19,800 took care of it then, I guess life was easy that time, the way the money was useful and things were not as expensive as it is right now in my country.

Starting the teaching work later after NYSC made me happy I never imagined I wouldn't sit too much at home compared to how everyone emphasises on unemployment, I concluded jobs are not that scarce after all it is just the pay that they are not comfortable with, I had friends who said they will never teach and cannot even accept such meagre amount. Well! I didn't care, my own was not to stay at home, 😁, at the beginning it was enjoyable, not until it began choking,together with the strict rules, even on holidays you still have to be at work if not you don't get paid.

Spending much money on transport fare that when I deduct it from my salary the remaining money is not enough for me at all, when I fell sick on working days I still have to be at work, making the treatment less effective because I didn't rest, I thought to myself life shouldn't be this hard, I kept on enduring until I break down, my dad was so worried, even though I had been complaining to him about the stress, he thought I was exaggerating.

I had no choice than to notify the headmistress I was leaving in a month's time, If not I will have to forfeit a month's salary, they will give the excuse of "you didn't tell us you were leaving" and that you left your duty unattended to.

The way I handle stress is I rest when I am tired, back then I overworked myself because I didn't know the consequences, after leaving school I still get to do chores at home, I sleep late and still woke up too early with alarm, this caused me a lot of migraine, I was the only one at home with my parents, all my siblings were already married. When my mom noticed she began to help out too.

If I have the opportunity I will prefer working from home or be the owner of my business so I know how to plan my self.

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