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Hi, welcome back to your Daily Mindfulness. In today's session, I'm going to share three tips to manage burnout. Now I believe burnout happens in the margins. I'll explain what I mean by that. I think a lot of times when we're assessing how we're doing, we're looking for significant indicators of something being off.
But as human beings, we have a pretty big window of tolerance for stress, emotions, chaotic thoughts, and even dealing with difficult people and difficult circumstances. And so in many momentary reflections, while we might feel a bit overwhelmed, it's not to the point where we would say I can't handle this. And so what happens? We continue on with life as usual and then months or years later were racked with stress, anxiety, or depression, or were more edgy than usual where we feel empty inside. I think a lot of us have had that experience of just being worn thin. But in most cases, that didn't happen in a single moment.
With the exception of certain shock traumas, which can happen over a shorter period of time. But we'll put that in a separate category for now. Most of the time when we're worn down in this way, it happened over a longer period of time. Taking on a lot that we perceived we could handle, but was slightly beyond what we should have handled. And that's why I say burnout happens in the margins.
It's happening in that extra five to 7% that is a little outside of what feels okay. But we get through it. It's tiring, but we go another day. And slowly our emotional rubber band is being stretched until there's no more elasticity or it snaps. So I'd like to give you three steps to prevent burnout from happening.
Step one is just start by evaluating the moment to moment experiences of your life, the core things you're involved with. And ask is this giving me energy or draining my energy? Step two, for the things that are draining your energy ask, do I need to be doing this? And if yes, how can I change this situation so I'm not feeling stretched beyond my limit? Step three, if you can't change certain things that are draining your energy, ask yourself, what are some practices I can add throughout my day to help mitigate the emotional overload? Perhaps a few deep breaths multiples times throughout the day, an evening meditation to unwind or exercise stretching. Sothat at the very least you're rejuvenate and yourself. I hope this gives you something to think about. The key takeaway, just because you can handle it doesn't mean you should be handling it.
Thank you for your practice. And I'll talk to you soon in the meditation. Take care.
Prevent Burnout (3 Steps)
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Hi, welcome back to your Daily Mindfulness. In today's session, I'm going to share three tips to manage burnout. Now I believe burnout happens in the margins. I'll explain what I mean by that. I think a lot of times when we're assessing how we're doing, we're looking for significant indicators of something being off.
But as human beings, we have a pretty big window of tolerance for stress, emotions, chaotic thoughts, and even dealing with difficult people and difficult circumstances. And so in many momentary reflections, while we might feel a bit overwhelmed, it's not to the point where we would say I can't handle this. And so what happens? We continue on with life as usual and then months or years later were racked with stress, anxiety, or depression, or were more edgy than usual where we feel empty inside. I think a lot of us have had that experience of just being worn thin. But in most cases, that didn't happen in a single moment.
With the exception of certain shock traumas, which can happen over a shorter period of time. But we'll put that in a separate category for now. Most of the time when we're worn down in this way, it happened over a longer period of time. Taking on a lot that we perceived we could handle, but was slightly beyond what we should have handled. And that's why I say burnout happens in the margins.
It's happening in that extra five to 7% that is a little outside of what feels okay. But we get through it. It's tiring, but we go another day. And slowly our emotional rubber band is being stretched until there's no more elasticity or it snaps. So I'd like to give you three steps to prevent burnout from happening.
Step one is just start by evaluating the moment to moment experiences of your life, the core things you're involved with. And ask is this giving me energy or draining my energy? Step two, for the things that are draining your energy ask, do I need to be doing this? And if yes, how can I change this situation so I'm not feeling stretched beyond my limit? Step three, if you can't change certain things that are draining your energy, ask yourself, what are some practices I can add throughout my day to help mitigate the emotional overload? Perhaps a few deep breaths multiples times throughout the day, an evening meditation to unwind or exercise stretching. Sothat at the very least you're rejuvenate and yourself. I hope this gives you something to think about. The key takeaway, just because you can handle it doesn't mean you should be handling it.
Thank you for your practice. And I'll talk to you soon in the meditation. Take care.
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I have been on a journey of healing and learning self-love. Amidst the work, I have been using the mindfulness app for the gentle reminders, guides to the moment (especially the difficult ones).
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