I told my manager I was feeling burned out from all the 'optional' overtime

and they said I just needed to 'want it more' – I'm starting to think they want me to want a stress leave

I've been doing the work in therapy to develop healthier coping mechanisms,

but so far, my go-to coping mechanism is just telling people I'm doing the work in therapy.

I've been working on building intimacy in therapy,

but my partner just got a notification that I've been 'typing...' for 20 minutes.

I just got a raise, but it's all going to inflation

so basically I'm just getting paid in nostalgia for the prices of 2019