TEFL teachers are paid for the hours they teach. That means that everything else we do is our private time. It's not so easy to set boundaries when you bring work home. TEFL teacher's don't get paid for lesson preparation, homework correction and other tasks done outside the classroom. Since most of us work on a freelance basis, there's not much we can change. Quiet quiting is the only way to avoid burnout. I used to spend hours of my weekend and evenings working. Time I should have been using to spend time with my kids or my husband. I regret that now.
TEFL teachers are paid for the hours they teach. That means that everything else we do is our private time. It's not so easy to set boundaries when you bring work home. TEFL teacher's don't get paid for lesson preparation, homework correction and other tasks done outside the classroom. Since most of us work on a freelance basis, there's not much we can change. Quiet quiting is the only way to avoid burnout. I used to spend hours of my weekend and evenings working. Time I should have been using to spend time with my kids or my husband. I regret that now.