Publisher's note: Life can sometimes be overwhelming. We know it for sure. We share this article, originally published in May 2020, to help you recognize the moments when you are exhausted and to take measures to get to the other side.
You have to send an SMS to Rachel todayI tell myself. It is necessary, oh I do not know, maybe fifteen seconds to send the text; These are some fingerprints on my phone, which is already probably in my hand. But I can't. The simplest tasks can paralyze me.
There is an email – fine, a dozen emails – I need to answer, an article on the deadline of five weeks, work that I let pass because I cannot send a simple message. I am in no way a slacker; I tried to overcrow since I spent time for recess inside to help my teachers. Why play when I could note the spelling tests, why sit down and empty my head when I could listen to the last episode of The daily, Why have fun sleeping while watching an insane film when I have a stack of The New Yorker Magazines accumulating next to my bed? It has been applied and reinforced several times to my cohorts of generation Y and me that every moment must propel us forward, making us smarter / richer or by making the whole world more kind or cleaner.
Before all I arrived well in more than ten years of work on a job in the morning, an afternoon job and an evening job, many of whom have doubled as weekend jobs, in addition to being a reliable friend and a nice person and a member of the company who votes, contributing and informed. Ten years of response to “How are you?” With “busy” or “tired”. I spent the majority of this sleep pandemic, and a large part of me is relieved and grateful for forced downtime so that I can catch up with decades sleep deprivation.
My mental state depends on how I can scratch the tasks of my task list, but some tasks are never reduced because the burden of doing everything, all the time paralyzed me.
Some days I can do the big things, but not the little things. Some days, the little things propel me to think that I can do the big things, then I crash. My mental state depends on how I can scratch the tasks of my task list, but some tasks are never reduced because the burden of doing everything, all the time paralyzed me. Many of us live and have lived for years, without any clear demarcation when we are on the stopwatch. And we are exhausted.
Professional exhaustion is a devious elixir of exhaustion and chronic stress This benefits exactly anyone. So, here, for the good of our health and our happiness, let's start by recognizing professional exhaustion and fighting it early.
5 signs that you are exhausted
1. You are tired. Really, really tired.
Being exhausted leads to a new level. Think of the misty brain, a global lack of motivation and be easily irritated. Do you have trouble concentrating? Do you feel frustrated, more than usual? How difficult is it to drag you out of bed in the morning? Your body knows everything; Just listen to it.
2. Your relationships suffer.
When you feel professional exhaustion, some people can draw from their embarrassment by unleashed from those around them. (Often, it is the one who deserves it the least who obtains the weight.) Others can withdraw or undress. Pay attention to how you manage your relationships while suffering from professional exhaustion.
3. Your professional performance slides.
Feel dissatisfied, stuck, bored, useless, that is to say, it is professional exhaustion. Before leaving your job, assess if there is something you can do or whoever you can talk to to improve things. There is a difference between temporary boredom and long -term exhaustion.
4. You encounter chronic health problems.
When ignored over a long period, chronic stress May be directly correlated with serious health problems such as heart disease, digestive problems and depression. It is never worth it.
5. You don't take care of yourself.
Too much alcohol at night, too much coffee in the morning, and not enough sleep between the two is a way of dealing with professional exhaustion, but a terrible way to deal with professional exhaustion. Keep an eye on your vices and how you use them when you feel stressed. For me, it's an excessively nap; It is my favorite avoidance technique. For you, it could be smoked in a chain or become sedentary.
5 steps to recover from professional exhaustion
1. Designate the time to relax.
An advantage in pandemic life is that we all remember Relaxing hobbies We had not taken the time, be it yoga, reading, perplexity, promenade or participation in virtual happy hours. It is important to have a corner of your life that is not connected to work and take time for any other reason than to make you happy.
2. Disconnect.
Turn off your phone and go for a walk. Spend an afternoon in the woods digging ramps. Banom phones in another room during dinner. While our small portable robots feel necessary for modern life, extinguishing them fixes the limits And rationalize your reflection processes, because you are not bombed by this text or this email or another notification of news.
3. Sleep enough.
Sleep is the remedy for almost everything. It is necessary for memory, productivity and global mental function. The recovery of professional exhaustion obliges you to reconstruct the resources you have to deal with stress, and sleep is n ° 1.
4. Pay attention to your body.
Everyone and everything body reacts differently to chronic stress. My TMJ rushes when I am particularly stressed and I would lie in bed all day if it was authorized. Some may experience headache or shoulder tensions. Maybe you have digestion problems or suffer from anxiety attacks. It is important to connect to the physical signals that your body gives you.
5. Understand when it's your problem and when it's theirs.
Think about it: Is your professional exhaustion motivated by internal factors, such as societal or external pressures, such as more requests and less work resources? Understand what stresses you and with whom you have to remedy it, be it a boss or whether you.
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