By Christi Nation – Part 1
We all want to succeed. We all have goals we work toward even if the work is not conscious. A promotion, a new house, a diet and exercise plan, surviving a pandemic. Ah, the pandemic….that’s the tough one. Constant changes and uncertainty cause massive stress. That stress causes, you guessed it – BURNOUT.
Burnout is not being able to take one more step toward your goals. It is low or no energy, lost joy in the activities you love, and continuous improvement is out the window. The candle was burned at both ends a long time ago and there is no more wick to burn.
It seems like a hopeless situation when your energy to pull out of burnout is gone. It takes choices for more change, but it’s good change because it takes care of you…..and you will bounce back with the right tools.
Here are your Happiness Actions for Part One:
- Instead of shutting down, learn what recharges your batteries. Your energy is seeping from you because of how you lose it.
- Instead of blowing your top, set and enforce boundaries.
- Instead of stopping from exhaustion, plan the stop in advance.
- Instead of feeling like you have to please everyone, diplomatically say no.
If you would like to know how to do each of these actions by reading Part Two and getting strategies for your Anti-Burnout toolkit, email Christi.Nation@HappyProductiveLife.com for a more comprehensive way to get out of burnout.
Christi Nation is the President of Nation Training & Development helping clients with customized corporate training, conference speaking, and business coaching. She has been writing the Happiness Actions column since 2015 and is transitioning it to Happy Productive Life – an outlet for training others how to have a better life through productivity and peace of mind. Christi is launching the Happy Productive Life Podcast and other resources during her cancer recovery this fall.
