Why am I crying over this?

To put a long story short, I’m spearheading a work project with a tight deadline and today is my day off, as I work four, 10-hour days as a salaried, remote employee. My senior manager, the person who sent this text, asked me to hop online this morning to push something forward. I did that, then went to enjoy the rest of my day. Then I got this text regarding another significantly minor task that was a follow-up to an action item I sent before the weekend.

I’m only a few months into this job and overall I’m doing well but I also doubt myself a lot. This senior manager is someone I work very closely with and has never asked me to work on my flex day, but this text just threw me off. As someone trying to prove myself while also setting a decent boundary, I don’t mind checking in on things that are important but I’m already overwhelmed and this just makes me feel bad like I’m not working hard enough. So now I even have to be “on” even when I’m “off.”

Should I ask for clarification of flex day expectations? Or just agree and move on? I don’t know if I’m valid for feeling this way or if this is just an expectation that I have to learn to deal with.

To put a long story short, I’m spearheading a work project with a tight deadline and today is my day off, as I work four, 10-hour days as a salaried, remote employee. My senior manager, the person who sent this text, asked me to hop online this morning to push something forward. I did that, then went to enjoy the rest of my day. Then I got this text regarding another significantly minor task that was a follow-up to an action item I sent before the weekend.

I’m only a few months into this job and overall I’m doing well but I also doubt myself a lot. This senior manager is someone I work very closely with and has never asked me to work on my flex day, but this text just threw me off. As someone trying to prove myself while also setting a decent boundary, I don’t mind checking in on things that are important but I’m already overwhelmed and this just makes me feel bad like I’m not working hard enough. So now I even have to be “on” even when I’m “off.”

Should I ask for clarification of flex day expectations? Or just agree and move on? I don’t know if I’m valid for feeling this way or if this is just an expectation that I have to learn to deal with.