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<blockquote data-quote="Mep" data-source="post: 1336666" data-attributes="member: 211362"><p>May I ask do you have deadlines with the offloading that you're referring to as part of your job? Eg. can you take a break and come back to it? I agree with what others have said. It's far more important for you to take your breaks so you can test, inject insulin, and eat. I used to be the type myself that never took the breaks I was supposed to take. I'd eat and inject on the job though. But then I think all that extra work I did eventually caught up with me. Basically what I'm saying is I was hard on myself.... is it possible you are being hard on yourself in regard to your work? Eg. thinking this must be done now, when in reality it can wait 15 mins or so. I'm my own worst enemy with thinking that way because if I'm asked to do something I do it straight away.... it's always been my work ethic... get it done. You say your managers are telling you to take breaks, so it's probably the best thing to do. I've learnt that work just continues to grow in volume regardless whether I don't take breaks or I do take breaks. These days I take my morning tea break of 15 mins and I take a half hour lunch break. I go home 2.30 pm so I don't need an afternoon break. But since I've been disciplined to do that I have found that at least I'm disconnecting from my job for a short time to refresh. In fact though I've been ordered by docs to do that as it's written up as part of the deal for me to continue to work there with my multiple illnesses and the limitations they've given me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mep, post: 1336666, member: 211362"] May I ask do you have deadlines with the offloading that you're referring to as part of your job? Eg. can you take a break and come back to it? I agree with what others have said. It's far more important for you to take your breaks so you can test, inject insulin, and eat. I used to be the type myself that never took the breaks I was supposed to take. I'd eat and inject on the job though. But then I think all that extra work I did eventually caught up with me. Basically what I'm saying is I was hard on myself.... is it possible you are being hard on yourself in regard to your work? Eg. thinking this must be done now, when in reality it can wait 15 mins or so. I'm my own worst enemy with thinking that way because if I'm asked to do something I do it straight away.... it's always been my work ethic... get it done. You say your managers are telling you to take breaks, so it's probably the best thing to do. I've learnt that work just continues to grow in volume regardless whether I don't take breaks or I do take breaks. These days I take my morning tea break of 15 mins and I take a half hour lunch break. I go home 2.30 pm so I don't need an afternoon break. But since I've been disciplined to do that I have found that at least I'm disconnecting from my job for a short time to refresh. In fact though I've been ordered by docs to do that as it's written up as part of the deal for me to continue to work there with my multiple illnesses and the limitations they've given me. [/QUOTE]
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