Burning Out and Overwhelm: How to Avoid Them and Enjoy the Flow of Life
Have you caught yourself burning out on your job, family life, or life in general? You're not alone! Research shows that 73% of people experience stress that affects their mental health.
Fortunately, there is no such thing as fate or destiny when it comes to burning out and being stressed out; they all have direct causes and can therefore be prevented.
3 Strategies to Avoid Burning Out and Overwhelm
Tired of being drained, burning out, and losing the energy that can go towards what truly matters in life? Stop the burnout monster dead in its tracks with these three strategies.
Strategy #1 - Rest and Recharge
How many people do you know that work a 9-5 job that work themselves silly but only take a vacation once a year? Working hard is a wonderful trait, but it can be very unhealthy for a person to become addicted to it.
The brain and body weren't designed to work around the clock every day of the year. While resting may sound counterintuitive to productivity, it actually helps you to work more efficiently.
How do you balance work with rest and recharge? Simple. Schedule time to relax every day, week, and year.
Here are a few ideas for relaxation each day:
Do meditation or yoga.
Go for a run or a walk.
Watch an epic movie in the evening after work.
Play with your dog or cat.
Hang out with a friend and tell jokes or funny stories.
The ideas are endless! Do whatever relaxes and recharges you. Fun or relaxing activities will melt away tension that has stored up from work and other serious matters in life. Start training yourself to stop taking life so seriously.
Detach Your Ego From Work
Productive habits, a strong work ethic, and achieving goals are all incredible traits that everyone should strive to have. However, it can become destructive when one's sense of self-worth and confidence become entirely dependant on how much they work.
As the old saying goes, "More is the mantra of the ego."
The ego often tells a person that what they've done is never enough. To maintain your self-worth and self-esteem, you must do more, more, more!
It would help you a lot to separate your self-worth from your work. If your personal opinion about yourself is always tied to your work, having self-esteem will become a neverending battle.
How do you resolve attachment to your work? The key is to live in the present moment and have unconditional beliefs about your self-worth.
The truth is that you are already whole and complete at this very moment. You're already infinitely valuable and worthy. Yes, even without work and achievement. Start viewing your work and achievements as bonuses for an already worthy and infinitely valuable individual. By viewing yourself and your life this way, work will become a fun addition to your life and not your master.
Recap
If you've been overworking yourself and burning out, create a plan of action today to stop it. Life is a gift, so why waste that gift working yourself to death?
Start giving yourself the daily gift of relaxation and make every day both productive, relaxing, and fun. That's right; you can have all of them.
Start living in the present by enjoying the abundance of the world we live in, such as nature, your family, or your hobbies.