How to Set Boundaries with Overbearing Loved Ones
It’s always important to spend time with the people you care for most. However, if pressure from loved ones is adding to your burnout, you’ve got to set boundaries.
Burnout is a very big concern in today’s working world; family often helps up recover from that fatigue, but what about when family obligations actually worsen your stress and burnout?
When you’re early in your career or just breaking away from your family, it’s hard for loved ones to understand that you’re not available all the time.
Depending on your family and how they feel about work, it might be difficult for you to explain when your day job or your side hustles take up a great deal of your time. This can, unfortunately, also happen with very close friends.
The Harvard Business Review reports that 1 in 5 employees are at risk of burnout. You might have well-meaning loved ones, but they don’t see eye to eye with you. They think you’re free to come over for dinner or do small favors every weeknight and weekend. Having too much on your plate outside of work makes burnout a lot more likely.
If you’re going all in and working hard to achieve a goal, it’s quite possible that not everyone in…
