And I hate to continue ranting about it, but a lot of it has to do with work. Unfortunately, I work in an extremely "niche" aspect of my field, in which there are very few people who do what I do or are willing to tackle certain items, and I majorly regret in so many ways that I became known to embark on some projects. But, in the last 2 years, I have seen a frightening and unreasonable increase in workplace demands... Mind you... As an Independent Contractor ONLY. Not even a regular employee, and it seems that things are becoming much more cut-throat to where, they act as if you are not allowed to say no to them. And it angers me, because I have to remind them that I am NOT a miracle worker, and that I cannot squeeze blood out of stones. But they expect that somehow I can. The demands, are ridiculous, and a lot of these demands come from the top, which often has everything to do with Investment projects and deadlines that are pushed pushed pushed from some kind of greedy inv...