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HOnestly you need to consider quitting if its doing that to you, why isnt that one of your options?

Quit

1) Delegate.

That means: find ways of sharing the work. Instead of formatting and correcting and improving everything yourself, dish out different pieces to different people.

Start with something like: “Hey Max, I loved that piece on the new teacher. It needs some correction and re-formatting, could you have someone look over it and get it back by Wednesday? I’d rather you keep control of that as it was your piece!” Do this for everything that comes your way… even the small ads. Make someone else responsible for that bit.

With file sharing and computers, there’s no reason why this can’t be a team effort. It could even make a great story for your newspaper!

Your role should just be to collect the file, do a quick final check and send it to print.

2) Take a break. Hand over the reins for a couple of weeks and catch up with other stuff. Very often a job is too much for one person to do every week… split it and make a rota!

3) Set defined time limits. Do not be pushed into working on the paper for a deadline that you haven’t set yourself! Talk through rescheduling perhaps. Could it go to print on a Monday afternoon instead of a Friday, for example and allow you a couple of extra days to finish?

You must learn to accept your limitations and to work with them. It’s not a sign of failure if you try something and realise it didn’t work out for you. You need to find a balance that works for you.

Good luck

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