How To Make 2023 Your Year of No Burnout
The high you get from recovering from your last burnout cycle is intoxicating. Finally, you can do things again! The energy, focus, and interest are all back. So you waste no time jumping back in. Saying yes to every ask that comes your way, going here and there, and grandly living life with no boundaries.
And before you know it, you’ve burnt yourself out all over again. Who knows when you’ll be back in the recovery stage. Months? Years? You’re now stuck in another frustrating waiting game. But what if you stopped this cycle? Let’s make 2023 your year of no burnout.
Everything has a cost. And I’m not talking about money. I’m talking about energy. But because energy isn’t visible, people end up spending it like a naïve teenager with a credit card — racking up endless debt (that they don’t have the means to pay) until they max it out.
To get ahead of this, you have to make the costs more tangible. Try to envision an energy bank account. Everything you spend time on, from thoughts to actions, is either an energy deposit or a withdrawal. It’s up to you to ensure your deposits meet or exceed your withdrawals so you can stay out of the red. Here are three tips on how to do this:
