Are you singing the Burnt Out Blues? What does it mean to be burnt out?
In the Henry Ford Health Blog, we learn
"Burnout is not the same as stress," says Lisa MacLean, M.D., a psychiatrist at Henry Ford Health. "Instead, it's a trifecta of work-related symptoms where you feel a loss of enthusiasm – you don't feel excitement about your work, you feel exhausted by your work, and even more importantly, you feel that the work you're doing doesn't matter."
Does this sound familiar to you?
In her book "From BurnOut to Purpose," Gina Calvano describes being burnt out early in her career. She recognizes fear being a driving force in her experience and not know what she wanted, but knowing she feared, "Losing my job, losing favor with my boss and peers, losing anyone's confidence in me, and not having enough money to support myself."
She says,
"I felt guilty for wanting "more" from life and for not knowing what "more" looked like."
I want you to ask yourself if you are burnt out. AND I want you to give yourself to sit in the emotion of what that feels like to you. Becoming aware that you are in fact burnt out is the first step. Tomorrow we will look at how to begin creating something different in your life.
