026: Feel the BURNout - Desperately seeking solutions

So, you did all the things during COVID to cope (new hobbies, kept working, remote social events, personal improvement, healthy living, home improvement, etc) and now how do you reset your own expectation of what is possible and how you can handle taking things back on.

So let’s talk about Burnout and how to deal with it - it feels like trying to change the tire while the car is moving...

First, we'll admit some failures that lead us to believe we might be getting burnt out.  Then tackle some facts and dig into what might be the best way to dig ourselves out. 

Handling job burnout

1. Evaluate your options. Discuss specific concerns with your supervisor. ...
2. Seek support. Whether you reach out to co-workers, friends or loved ones, support and collaboration might help you cope. ...
3. Try a relaxing activity. ...
4. Get some exercise. ...
5. Get some sleep. ...
6. Mindfulness.

5 stages to Burnout https://www.thisiscalmer.com/blog/5-stages-of-burnout

• Honeymoon Phase. When we undertake a new task, we often start by experiencing high job satisfaction, commitment, energy, and creativity. ...
• Onset of Stress. The second stage of burnout begins with an awareness of some days being more difficult than others. ...
• Chronic stress. ...
• Burnout. ...
• Habitual Burnout.

https://positivepsychology.com/coping/
Mechanisms that can contribute to this positive coping include:

• Adaptation – the human ability to adapt to different situations
• Aim Inhibition – lowering one’s sights to what seems more achievable
• Altruism – helping others to help the self
• Compartmentalization – suppressing thoughts and emotions to avoid mental discomfort
• Compensation – overplaying strengths in one area to make up for one’s weaknesses
• Conversion – subconscious conversion of stress into physical symptoms
• Crying – tears of release and seeking comfort
• Identification – copying others to take on their characteristics
• Post-Traumatic Growth – using the energy of trauma for good
• Sublimation – channelling psychic energy into acceptable activities
• Substitution – replacing one thing for another

And on that note, we're taking a bit of time off to really figure out how to solve our burnout. Will we be back, better than ever?  Oh, for sure.

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