I support #bossbabe women banish burnout by refuel their body mind and spirit and reigniting their spark. This is something I'm really passionate about and something I struggled with.
When I was struggling with burnout, the one key thing I had to learn to do that made a huge difference was to pull back.
If you're struggling with burnout take a look at your life and think about where you can pull back, reevaluate and get yourself into a good space before moving forward
Pulling back is just temporary - maybe you need 3 or 4 weeks, or even just 2 weeks. It's not forever.
For 4 weeks I focussed on going to work, going to yoga, sleeping and on the weekends relaxing.
When I was suffering burnout I temporarily changed my routines: I switched going to the gym every morning to doing yoga after work because my mind and body needed a rest, I cut back on my hour long morning routine of journalling, dry brushing, oil pulling, gratitude journalling etc (all great things but they ended up causing me way more stress if I couldn't fit them all in) to just 15-20 minutes instead.
Before I made the changes to my routines I was rushing around so much that by the time I got to work my energy was manic. But after making the changes I was able to have a bit more time to myself so that when I got to work I was actually relaxed!
You don't need to do this stuff for ever. It's about pulling back right now so you can restore your health, wellbeing and mental health so you can reignite the spark you've lost
It sounds silly but cleaning out my handbag really helped. I was carrying around all this stuff, I couldn't find anything and it was stressing me out. I pulled everything out and only kept the basic essentials in there. It had a real psychological impact, like I'd let go of 'stuff'.
I'm a recovering OCD perfectionist, everything needs to be perfect! And clean! I was creating unnecessary chores for myself and creating more stress so decided which chores were absolutely necessary and which weren't, then dedicated a little time on the weekend to get through them. This gave me so much freedom!
I also asked my partner to do some specific tasks that were important and I needed help with.
Food and fuelling my body with good food is really important. Putting the right stuff in is going to give me the energy to do what I need to, but I was spending so much time food prepping that it was getting overwhelming and uninspiring. I organised to have my food delivered for 4 weeks so I didn't have to shop, prep or cook just to give myself a bit of a break.
ACTION STEPS
Examine your life and find the areas you can pull back in
Let go of unnecessary chores, tasks, engagements etc just for the next few weeks
Cut down your morning routine to the bare essentials
Pull back on exercise, or switch it up for something gentler like yoga
Look into getting your meals delivered, or if that's not an option ask your mum or a friend to cook a few meals you can pop in the freezer
