6 Steps To A Burnout Free 2024
How much rest do we need? When is rest laziness? How do we avoid burnout?
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6 Steps To A Burnout Free 2024
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about burnout.
From what I’ve read, burnout can come in many forms depending on the individual so how do we know if we are getting burnt out? And what is the right level of rest to avoid burnout? And is rest really the right antidote?
I write this at an interesting time.
I’m writing this one week after back from a week of leave. So I’m still feeling the benefit of that week off but still aware of just how tired I was before that week off. Maybe I should be doing something different now I’m refreshed to stop myself getting so tired?
I’d got the point where I was simply staggering through each day by that final week. Clicking from one team call to the next and just trying to get through at times. The week off totally revitalised me to the point where I was ready to hit the ground running again on that Monday afterwards.
Each meeting in that week after my leave, I had a new energy and clarity that I was able to bring.
The effect of this week has encouraged me for think more about rest. How much is enough? What should we do when we are “resting”? How often should we look to step away? Should we feel guilty for taking time out to rest?
Going back to this week I had off.
We were actually very busy. The kids were off for the school holidays and we jam packed every day with activities, people visiting and meeting up with friends.
I’m not sure I would have called it “rest”!
I guess it just wasn’t work. It was something new and I was able to get away from the endless Teams calls.
So maybe be that’s it.
It’s a case of doing something different. Taking yourself away from the day-to-day grind into new situations to give your mind something new to experience and it’s that that refreshes you.
Maybe.
If it’s actually about giving your brain something new to experience, then we should probably be looking to try and build that into our daily lives too.
Perhaps but its not quite as simple as that. We need to be a little more regimented.
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