Burnout Series: R is for Rhythm
I’ve been sharing posts lately about the word burnout. We’re up to the letter R, which stands for rhythm.
Our lives are about harmony and rhythm and actions and things that we do. When you’re burned out, you’re out of rhythm. We’re not in sync with how you operate through our lives. We learn traits; we build up habits, routines, and a variety of different things. What happens when you’re out of rhythm, those things become more problematic or in many cases you skip them. One of the things that I see often in people that are burned out is they skip the things that they enjoy doing because they don’t have time.
Yes, you do.
You’ve got 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year plus. If it’s a leap year. You get a bonus day. Don’t work that day. Pro-tip take that is a vacation day. Use that day as a day of reflection. Enjoy yourself. Do whatever you want.
Don’t work on February 29th. Put in their vacation time. Now if you haven’t already.
When you’re not in rhythm, everything becomes harder, even to the point of getting out of bed or going to the gym or meeting up with people that you normally meet or being prepared for meetings.
Being prepared for dinner, being prepared to help your kids with homework, being prepared for anything when you’re out of rhythm…
