If You Have Mid-Life Burnout, Do These 4 Things — Quickly
“Just because you take breaks doesn’t mean you’re broken.” — Curtis Tyrone Jones
You’re tired upon tired: short on energy, low on motivation.
There’s always so much to do: work, relationship, family, chores, life admin — you’re on the hamster wheel and it never ends. Even a weekend away doesn’t refresh you.
Mid-life is a common time for the cracks to appear. That’s when people are often sandwiched between raising kids, caring for elderly parents and trying to rise up the ranks at work.
It’s also when we come face to face with the life choices we’ve made — and the consequences — and we begin to see life as finite. Time is running out.
What’s Mid-Life Burnout?
Burnout is the term commonly used to describe chronic work stress but it can be applied to life, generally.
Burnout can be hard to spot because it starts slowly and presents in the same way as symptoms of mild-to-moderate depression that, if left unchecked, can morph into serious clinical problems.
So it’s important to keep an eye on yourself as the years stack up. Here are the key signs of burnout as they apply to mid-life.
