Do you experience any of the following pretty much every day?…
1. exhaustion (mental, emotional and/or physical)
Do you experience depleted energy due to helplessness, futility or tiredness due to overwork?
2. crabby
Do you frequently have a negative or cynical attitude or loss of concern for something you have a responsibility for – this can include people you interact with fairly regularly? Do you seek to remove yourself from these situations or people whenever you can?
3. feeling powerless
Do you feel incompetent, insufficient, discouraged or powerless to get done what you need to or want to accomplish?
Chronic exposure to any of these 3 experiences can unleash a case of burnout.
Burnout typically starts as a form of disengagement which may be triggered by perceived threatening situations, diminished returns on personally invested resources, enhanced demands, or lack of resources. It can begin as mildly as developing a “wait-and-see attitude” towards aspects of your life – meaning you might hold back from investing too much time, effort or energy in something because you prefer to see how things “play out”. But here’s what happens when we allow solutions outside of ourself to develop…