Five steps to mitigate the effects of burnout are offered.
It is April, and we are just starting the second quarter of 2022. Does anyone already feel burned out? Well, if you answered yes, I am with you on that one.
It has been a heck of a couple of years. Between the COVID-19 pandemic now in its third year, and with many of us working from home, that has only added hours to our already busy days. Moreover, with the year-long planning of my daughter’s wedding, stress levels have been at an all time high.
Add to that, high gas and grocery prices, continued political bickering between parties, and continued restrictions on travel, it is hard to figure out how to dig out of a state of burnout. Not only that, work has not slowed down, it has only increased during the pandemic.
Now in saying that, sometimes you have to take a step back, get creative and figure out how to reboot your mind, body and soul. If you don’t at least try, you could find yourself buried beyond repair, and no one wants that. So here are my steps to relief from burnout and how to clear the mind and enjoy spring.
One clear sign of burnout is that you aren’t coming up for air and this fear of failure is only making you feel like you should be doing more, faster. You may feel like you’re trapped in a permanent fog, and yet you can’t seem to snap out of it; you don’t think, talk or do anything else other than work.
Unfortunately, as outlined in Psychology Today, this compulsion is only further fueling your burnout, and not much else.
So, if you are anything like me, you don’t have time for burnout. But focusing on work can be challenging if you are heading down that path. Find those moments away from work, away from your desk and away from your electronics, and you may just find that reboot of your well-being you’ve been looking for.
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