How To Avoid Burnout - Tip 1

byXavyLove

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11 years ago

So it's still my first week here at WA, and I've got my website up and running and today I will be finishing up my very first 'Getting Started' course. I have been so excited about the prospects that I even dream that I am working on WA.

The sad part is that I feel so burned out. I know it's a phase but I notice that I'm not alone in, so I thought I could start a 'How To Avoid Burnout' series to help keep myself motivated as well as others.

So my first tip on avoid burnout is: Plan! Plan! Plan!

Planning makes all the difference. When I plan, I see the difference in the quality of my daily life. For example, when I spend two hours on the weekend to iron all my work clothes for the week, getting reading in the mornings in such a breeze compared whenever I don't iron them all at once. Here's another example. If I don't plan my lunch meals, I end up not taking lunch so I waste money on food that I could have prepared myself. Get the picture?

So I'm into Erin Condren planners, and I highly recommend that you invest in a planner of your own to help you manage your time better. I prefer the old pen and paper method, but there are also digital options that may work just as great. It's up to you. As soon as I iron out my website a little more today, I am going to start allocating time for WA.

I won't just say, "Oh! I will work from 10am - 12pm on WA on Monday".

I will set specific tasks that I want to achieve that day that is not necessarily bound by clock time. I prefer to go by time of day like Day, Morning, Night. This approach helps me to achieve goals in a realistic time that will help me to avoid being burned out after a couple of days of work. When I schedule tasks that way, I won't jump the gun and overdo it for that day then feel defeated whenever mind brain just won't go any further.

After all, WA isn't going anywhere now is it?! So I can take my time and go at a pace that works best for me and so can you. I'm sure that would feel so fulfilling and would allow me to get better sleep each night after accomplishing my goals set for that day.

If you have tips on planning or time management feel free to share them in the comments section below! :-)

“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.” - Earl Nightingale