Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone know any good strategies to reduce the effects of burnout?
I have recently bought a couple of fidget cubes and a fidget pen (due to work need to look somewhat professional) and that has helped slightly, but it's still causing me some annoyance and effecting my work.
It's good that you are recognising the signs of burnout and taking action before it progresses to a full blown burnout. I am experiencing quite severe burnout at the moment (and have as a consequence been unable to work for over a month now and have completely withdrawn into my bubble), and I now realise that I didn't recognise the signs and therefore couldn't do anything about it before I reached utter collapse (thinking back I really have no clue how I was still functioning on the surface... it seems impossible). I also had no idea that I might be autistic and that burnout was a risk.
I hope you figure out a way to make work more manageable and to get some more downtime! I haven't figured out myself yet how to prevent burnout so sorry if this response is useless- I guess I just wanted to say that it is great that you are recognising that you are getting burnt-out so that you can put in place measures to protect yourself.