Feeling Burned-Out from Work?

Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Your Days At Work More Enjoyable

Have you ever woke up in the morning and although you may have had eight hours of sleep, you hit the snooze button? As you fall back to sleep in you comfy, warm bed, you may say to yourself, “I dread to go to work and face my aggravating boss, co-workers, and customers.” When you do decide to wake up, you play out your dreadful day in your movie mind screen.

When you get to work, you seem as though you are a sheep ready for the slaughter. You may feel stagnated and not make any meaningful contributions on your job. You feel used up and that there is nothing left in the tank. You just want to do the bare minimum and not be bothered. These scenario is a sign of burnout.

Moreover, if you are experiencing sleeplessness, irritability, headaches, anxiety, anger, and depression, you may be burned-out from your job. If your organization does not have engagement strategies in place, you are very likely to experience burnout.

Strategies You Can Use To Improve Your Days At Work

Although you may not be able to provide your managers with strategies to improve the company’s culture, you can put into place strategies to help reduce burnout in your own life. The following are some strategies that you can put into practice to improve your workday:

1. Acknowledge others and have an attitude of gratitude. Always try to exude a positive attitude at work even when it seems that all hell is breaking loose. Make it an effort to say hi to your fellow coworkers and always tell them thank you for their kind deeds.

2. Do a good deed for someone on the job. Something positive on the inside happens when you do a good deed for someone. Negative things that goes on during your work day does not seem to bother you as much.

3. Do not harbor anger or hostility toward others. Have a forgiving heart and do not harbor anger. Harboring anger can weaken your immune system and make your more susceptible to cardiovascular diseases and a stroke.

4. Keep a journal. Instead of keeping negative feelings inside, write how you feel on paper. Writing in a journal is a positive way of letting go of your feelings. Also in the journal, do not forget to write about some positive things that happened throughout the day.

5. Do something fun after work. Make it a goal to do something fun each day such as going on a dinner date, spending time with friends and family, listening to music, singing, dancing, exercising, playing video games, going to the mountains, attend sporting events, etc. Having fun gives you pleasure and pleasure helps your brain produce a hormone called dopamine. Dopamine is a natural hormone that makes you feel good!

In short, to reduce burnout in your personal life, try to live every day as if it was your last!