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A Burnout Crisis for Working Women
Plus, Powerful Reframing Quotes and a New Pandemic Mantra
Arianna Huffington said it best, “Energy is a finite resource and how we spend our limited energy is a profound choice about how we spend our limited time on this earth.”
Energy is a finite resource and how we spend our limited energy is a profound choice about how we spend our limited time on this earth. ― Arianna Huffington
Speaking of energy, many of us, at some point, have reached or will reach some level of burnout. A moment in our lives where we are mentally and emotionally unclear, where we lose our passion — that’s burnout.
Eight Factors that Predict Burnout
- An unmanageable workload
- Poor communication and low support (by/from our “team,” whether that’s family or colleagues)
- Low productivity, lack of motivation, irritability, and slipping job performance (the work or Sunday night yuckies)
- Negative attitude toward yourself and others and a loss of enjoyment
- Sleeping problems that sometimes include teeth grinding — I saw that one on Hey Mama and thought, of course, I mean, how many of you have heard that anecdotally from your dentist?
- Unfair treatment
- Inadequate clarity about responsibility or outcomes
- Time pressure and unreasonable deadlines
I don’t know about you, but just those words, unmanageable, unfair, inadequate, negativity, and unreasonable, make me breathe a little shallower.
Burnout isn’t Something that Happens to Other People
It doesn’t mean something is wrong with you or that you don’t have a loving husband, a supportive boss, healthy kids, or a good income.
I hear that a lot, “If I can’t manage a career and a family with all the resources I have, then how do other women do it?”
Burnout isn’t usually isolated to work either. It may not go away if you’re out of the office or if work…
