| Maybe you’re just tapping your toe in the burnout cauldron. Perhaps you’re going down for the third count. Identifying your symptoms and the degree of your burnout will help you make intentional decisions to regain healthy balance. Here’s a shortened list of symptoms ranging from the occasionally bothersome to the more severe.
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“If you don’t want to burnout, stop living like you’re on fire,” writes Brene Brown, a vulnerability researcher at the University of Houston. Adopting reusable freedom-producing strategies can help you avoid additional symptoms or escape an established burnout system.
What loving self-care will you resolve to practice in 2012?
I wrote this article and it was originally published by Genius Avenue Inc., copyright 2011. Used here with permission.
- Develop an authentic picture of yourself. Ask 3 questions: What’s good about my life right now? What concerns me? What’s currently missing in my life?
- Set realistic goals. By saying “yes” to a new project, you’ll automatically be saying “no” to something else. (If your “yes” means “no” to adequate sleep you’re not doing yourself any favors!)
- Ask for support. People are often pleased to help.
- Cultivate a detached concern (balanced love) for recipients of your efforts. You’re not responsibility for the success, happiness, or sobriety of another.
- Maintain a reasonable action plan of proper nutrition and physical exercise. Take time-outs when you need them.
What loving self-care will you resolve to practice in 2012?
I wrote this article and it was originally published by Genius Avenue Inc., copyright 2011. Used here with permission.
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