Work takes more of my self than I want to give

Dear Delyara, I understand that work is work. It is not supposed to be perfectly fulfilling all the time. I know that. But lately I feel like my job takes more of my inner life than I want to surrender. Not just time, but softness. Attention. Patience. Energy I would rather spend on becoming a fuller person outside of work. By the time I finish, I often feel too emotionally flattened to belong properly to anything else. That scares me more than I say out loud.