Dear family

Please pray for me as I am suffering from stress at work resulting in trouble sleeping. I am getting maybe four hour maximum and right now I’m awake after only two hours and cannot get back to sleep. I am a teacher and there are so many things to deal with. I love my job and I have great relationships with all the children, parents and staff but it is workload pressures and constant deadlines that is the problem. I have a lot of family responsibility too and find that I am working up to twenty hours a day in order to get everything done. Thankfully I will get a six week break at the end of next week so please pray I can get to the end of term without having to call in sick.

I am so full of joy and happiness with my job but the problem is I just cannot switch off. I feel constantly energised and hyper focused. I go from one task to another and another and it continues when I get home. I am trying to stop this by going for a walk and listening to the birdsong or sitting down to read or knit. But the pressure to meet daily deadlines means that work is being brought home every day,

Thanks for your prayers

Rachel
Xxx