Is Your Hard Work Burning You Out, Oh No!- PART I

Many people find it difficult to stay focused in their tasks while some are extremely focus to the brim that they don’t realize day or night and yet some are those who work really long days, weeks, months, years and when they are just about to get their success, they withdraw themselves from the whole circle of activities, is it the cause of a burnout feeling or just that they don’t want to move on? There are varied answers to this as different individuals may have different journey, the motivation factor and the spirit of moving on. Didn’t we get advice from our elders when we were young that do the tasks which you love to do? And those who really followed them didn’t get a pinch of burnout feeling till the end of their success stories, so is there some medicine or therapy that can really make us motivated like this one? Lots of people take their starting journey with much fun fare but as the time passes and moves on, their spirit gets low and their fighting capabilities blow away giving them hurdles and they tend to stumble!

Along with the work that you love to do, there are other things which you need to keep going and those includes passion, inspiration, motivation, zeal and other important factors that matters to you as an individual and often we see them slip away from our closet when we need them the most. I hope, you guys are getting me in a correct way, that darkish feeling happens to you just when you are about to reach success, you just want to stop, sit still and watch everyone taking over? You don’t find any courage to move on nor do you want to take an initiative, have you lost interest, or what? You become extremely confused about what’s next?

This is exactly, what we call the term BURN OUT, many young entrepreneurs of today face this problem and there is no medicine to cure this or no treatment therapies the only thing is up to you, TO FACE IT AND DRIVE YOURSELVES AHEAD! Today we are going to discuss few of the ways you can fight burnout, the article has been split in to 2 parts as I don’t want any one to get BURNED OUT in the end reading my long…. Article… LOL! Well, getting serious, go through each of the tips I have given and follow them slowly and take in to consideration while working on your tasks:

• Focus on your achievements:

  Don’t let the current situation let you down, you need to measure your success in terms of little accomplishments, its but obvious for individuals to get burned out by daily grind. You move on and on, until the day, you feel success is way too far and you think of giving up, you need to have some measure to measure your success meter, you can try the following:

  1. Get yourself a journal and write your important points or a to-do list.
  2. Decide on your targets to be achieved in the next few days.
  3. Keep a track record of all your achievement and the things that are yet to be achieved.

• Train your mind:

  Develop your mind mentally even when you are achieving success, when you know mentally how much work has to be done, you better be prepared for the short comings, keep motivating and inspiring yourself for the big day. Inspiration is one skill you need to possess and gain mastery over it. Take inspiration from the things around you and immerse yourself in its dwelling and you will naturally be the part of the troupe, those will automatically reflect your goals and you would be empowered to move ahead and as you get used to such environment, it becomes a very much part of your life and you are less likely to run away from its short comings, you start accepting even bigger challenges.

The key point of avoiding burn outs is that you start liking your work and do it as passionately as you would do any of your hobbies, I hope you enjoyed my talks on the topic and would be even more eager to read next points, join me in my next blog!