Welcome to my sleep-deprived, sneezy, itchy, watery eyed, puffy, allergy attcking day. I was up half the night with an allergy attack, awoke with an allergy attack, and hopeing desparately it will rain and wash these infernal pollens out of the air. Meanwhile, I'm sitting at my desk, spacing out, surfing websites, feeling tired, sipping my chai tea, and hoping I will feel better soon. On one such site Blueyes I found this link, Burnout Selt-test which I found rather amusing (considering I have the dream-job of a stay-at-home-Mom) but does perhaps identify the stresses and frustrations of parenting. I scored a 50. For a score of 50 – 59 You are at severe risk of burnout - do something about this urgently. Only one rank below the most critical risk of burnout. LOL I can't imagine turning over the raising of our children to anyone else, so I don't see what alternatives they might reccomend. And yes, I realise this was meant to evaluate a "day job" so some of the questions were sort of stacked against me. MOST Mom's I know often feel exhausted, and drained of emotional and physical energy. Especially moms of very small children who wake them up at all hours of the night for innumerable reasons, which mine are finally escaping that age. Which also goes to show that the problem of sleepless nights fixes itself... eventually. The question *Do you feel yourself getting easily irritated at small problems...* was especially funny. Yes, my small problems are ages 11, 9, 6 and 3 and they do irritate me often! Usually because they are not being obedient. HAHA Anyway, I will let you all browse the questions and take the test yourself. Feel free to post your results in a comment, and tell me about your translation of the test and what it meant to you.
Blessings to you!
-Sparkling