Is Burnout Killing Your Productivity?

Every now and again we all hit a wall. We go to the low point of our life in the career.  We get burnout with the pile of work in the office and won­der what’s all these work going to com­plete.   Unfor­tu­nately, it’s not that easy rec­og­niz­ing burnout as we may be buried by the rou­tine of deliv­er­ing results every day.  You sim­ply can­not keep work­ing with­out rest­ing.   Burnout occurs for a rea­son. It’s your mind and body telling you to take a break.  How do we pre­vent burnout from killing our productivity?

Tips to Help You Recover From Burnout

• Learn to rec­og­nize burnout – Get to know when you are in burnout mode.  Observe your pro­duc­tiv­ity for the day (or the week).  Make a com­par­i­son with the days you are work­ing like a lion.  Some­times it’s hard to tell, because if you can gain momen­tary focus (like I feel I’ve got right now) you can power through it. Regard­less of if you can cope, it’s impor­tant to acknowl­edge it first.
• Take some time off – When you feel that you are at the low point of per­sonal pro­duc­tiv­ity, the best way out of it is to give your­self as much time off as pos­si­ble.  Sure there are times when you’ll not be able to take an extended vaca­tion (although I can safely say those are needed from time to time) but you should at least give your­self a few days away from any­thing work related. Relax! You’ll usu­ally know when it’s time to get back to it.
• Get some sleep – Get more than your usual sleep every night when you feel you burnout.  Maybe 10 hours of sleep?  Sleep early.  All you need to get back the pro­duc­tiv­ity may be just let­ting your body sleep more every night.
• Play – When you work hard, you got to play hard as well.  Keep­ing fit and being cheer­ful are great ways to deal with stress.
• Eat – Eat reg­u­larly.  Reward your­self with some good food.  Good food keeps your mind away from the stress at work.  Focus on enjoy­ing the del­i­cacy.  But remem­ber; do not use food as a form of stress replace­ment. J
• Work on some­thing new or dif­fer­ent – If you feel exhausted on the same task, try work­ing on some­thing else.  The break from the rou­tine will get you fresh and get your brains work­ing again.
• Work on some­thing you love – This may be dif­fi­cult when you have com­mit­ment to some­thing that may indi­rectly tied to your pay check.  How­ever, if pos­si­ble, work on some­thing you love.  Pas­sion pre­cedes almost every­thing in the office. J

How do you man­age burnouts?  How do you get your­self back on your feet?  Share with us!

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