One Simple Rule to Help You Avoid Burnout | Prevent and Recover from Burnout

 One Simple Rule to Help You Avoid Burnout | Prevent and Recover from Burnout

Hi, lovelies! Welcome back to my blog. I feel like I've set up this post in such a calm way that really reflects the intention behind why I'm writing this, so I got pet having his little late morning nap like his second nap for the day and I've already got my cup of tea and basically, I wanted this to be more of a sit-down and chat which I haven't done in so long but I really want to address the topic of burnout and again I haven't made a post on this topic for a while and I felt like it was a very necessary time to do so because I get a lot of questions coming through my Instagram direct messages. You are welcome to message me at any time on Instagram. If you follow me, it's at Study With Bec, and I do try and reply to as many as I can, but these questions around burnout deserve extended responses and I just can't get back to each and every one of you so I wanted to make a dedicated post so if you do find this post helpful, then please make sure to give it a comment. Make sure you follow me on social media platforms and you've got your post notifications turned on so you know when a new post goes updated. Um... and yeah you can follow me on Instagram as well where I share my helpful tips, quotes, and behind the scenes. 

    But let's get straight into today's topic, so it's clear based on all the questions that I'm receiving on Instagram that a lot of you are experiencing burnout but for different reasons, whether it's because you feel guilty saying no and turning down social commitments and you don't want to let people down so, essentially you're putting other people's needs over yours and it comes to a place of fear of disappointing someone for um... you know worrying that you're not going to be accepted almost like you think that people like you because you say yes and it's because of what you do for others when really that's not the case but I've found that challenging at times as well to say no and not to feel guilty. Others just have way too much on your plate at the moment and I think you're really overextending. You're trying to juggle work and studying and social commitments and hobbies and extracurricular activities. Just a lot on your plate and I don't think that you're aware of your own limits and you're not in tune with your body.

    You're not listening to what your body needs and there's also the fact that we live in a society that glorifies this idea of being busy over being productive where you might feel guilty if you're not always working and showing that you're doing something almost like you tie your self-worth to your level of its not really productivity but just how much you're doing or your accomplishments and achievements. So there are some different challenges that I've definitely noticed popping up within this community that a lot of people are struggling with and that's then resulting in them feeling burnt out. So, I want to get into my tips for burnout but also share a little bit about my own experience so that you don't feel alone either you can come back. That's fine! Stay there, just chill, just just, chill buddy, you've earned it. Anyway, I wanted to share a bit about my own experience with burnout. I don't think that you become completely immune to burnout that you just become perfect at not getting run down but it's something that you can learn to manage and you get more in tune with your body and the signals and you also just learn to honor yourself and realize when you are taking on too much and where that all comes from and then you can work through it and let it go so that you can feel comfortable giving yourself permission to rest because rest is a really important part of life and our overall productivity and productivity is not just a constant state of output as I've said before - you actually have to have that much-needed downtime as well, so before I get into this one really important way to avoid burnout, I also wanted to just flag that burnout can look different for everyone and I've experienced all different kinds of burnout. It really can manifest in different ways. So for me, sometimes if I do too much and I don't know my own limits then I'll end up with a sore throat or a bit of a cold or a runny nose, and my body is physically shutting down saying "Hey well you need to rest!" Um..., other times its just brain fog and fatigue and lack of motivation, just cannot comprehend the idea of sitting down to write any scripts or anything that requires a lot of mental effort so maybe you can relate to that and other times it can result in feelings of exhaustion and when I'm exhausted, I actually can feel quite anxious and overwhelmed and yeah heightened levels of anxiety and again that's my body's way of saying "Well, you need to stop! You need to rest! 

    So mental health and burnout are so closely intertwined and it's really important to be able to identify those signs because it does look different for everyone and it might look different for you depending on what you're going through what age you are, what you've got on your plate so again you need to identify those signs all right! So, I was watching a really really good talk with Marie Forleo. She's a new york times bestselling author of everything's figure notable. She's written a ton of other books and she's a business coach. So, if you don't follow her go and check her out but I wanted to share with you one take-home point that I took from one of her videos which was this idea of simplifying to amplify and really understanding that we don't have to do it all and it's actually not smart to do it all. So one way that I really manage my work schedule if I think purely about my career more than anything else, I look at what is essential and what's not and I simplify to amplify. It's also that 80/20 rule, they say that 20 of what you do gives you 80 of the benefit and success and that's definitely the case in my business. At least, so she also mentions this idea of pruning a tree down. If you think about a tree, it's got all these branches and twigs and leaves. If you prune it down just to the core what happens is it grows back stronger because more nutrients can go through the trunk and so if you're pruning down your workloads you can focus on just the important stuff you're going to have a more successful output and also more energy for yourself. You'll be happier. I really invite you to think about where are you taking on too much, where are you being really unkind to your body, expecting more of yourself than you really need and maybe you're giving too much energy to other people or to your work and not enough to yourself. Again that's where self-compassion comes in but this idea of simplifying to amplify has really helped me and I definitely recommend that you apply that principle. But again a lot of self-compassion too definitely is a key factor in avoiding burnout. So just remember that we are all human. I get it, we get it, we all experience burnout from time to time. It's actually all about being more in tune with your body and noticing those warning signs and then being productive and taking control of your life and knowing how to nurture and be kind to yourself. 

    So, I hope you found this post helpful and these tips too. I just found it very comforting to know that you're not alone because you're absolutely not alone. Make sure to turn on post notifications, follow me on Instagram 'Study with Bec' for more tips and tricks and I'll leave some relevant post links below and some links to all of my resources down below as well so make sure to check them out and I'm going to go finish my cup of tea and go have some puppy pats with my pet who's currently in his bed and I hope you'll have a really relaxing and lovely nature for rest of your day and week and just remember to be kind to yourself and whatever you achieve is what you've achieved and that is good enough. So, well done! You're all doing amazing and if there's anything else you want me to cover let me know in the comments down below. Bye lovelies! Love you :)

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Hi Lovely and welcome to my blog! I'm Bec and I am a Blogger, founder of Study with Bec; a study line just for students, and an optimistic person with an optimistic personality. My passion is helping support, guide, and empower people to build their dream life! I love sharing my tips and advice around how to study smarter, boost your productivity, organize your life and enhance your wellbeing.

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