You seem to have everything figured out — you have a stable job to support yourself, room for upward mobility, and free perks that come with it.

But, despite having all that, you’re feeling increasingly unhappy. The natural question is, why? Why you and not someone else?

The answers may be found in the paragraphs that follow. And so, I invite you to join me for what could be an enlightening read.

Disconnect Your Work from Social Life

Work is work and you don’t have to bring it home with you. All too often, we do just that! We take off and bring the loose ends with us with the idea to tie them all up at home.

While it may make us feel we’re making progress… in reality… we’re taking a step back instead of forward.

To illustrate this, think back to a time when you were doing a grueling amount of work — all day, every day, 7 days a week. I’m taking this to an extreme, but how did you feel after this?

If you couldn’t walk, talk and be productive the next day, it makes my point.

So, you need to draw a line between work and home life. Leave work at work when your shift is over.

Don’t do it all at once!

In your experience, has there ever been a time when you desperately wanted to prove yourself? You said ‘’yes’’ to this and that and a thousand other things. And the next thing you knew, you’re doing 2 jobs for 1 salary.

Remember: work never ends, and the workday never ends. In fact, the more you do, the more work usually piles up. It’s business, you know.

Stay in your lane and do what’s required of you in your role.

Rely on Your Team

You can’t do everything yourself at every minute of every day. At some point, you must take a pit stop and rely on your team to get the work done.

Productive people ask for help, the faster you move, the faster business makes money. Period.

But it’s not just about cash flow. When you ask for a little help with something difficult, you ask for guidance on a critical business issue.

So, theoretically, it’s everyone’s responsibility to jump on the problem.

Plus, you shouldn’t feel embarrassed about asking for help – your coworkers are there to support you.

Final Thoughts

I hope that you can see a common theme running through this article. As you’ve read, burnout comes from being constantly connected to both our work and social lives.

To mitigate that, your brain needs downtime and periods of inactivity. Doing that will help your brain rest, heal, and perform at its best.

For a brief moment, we also talked about speed and how it helps you go a little faster in business. But, don’t pace yourself too fast, my friend, you may not be able to keep up the rate of work.

So with all that said, I hope this article gave you a clue as to why you experience burnout and how you can prevent it from happening in the future.

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