What is up my friend?
In this video I am giving you the SECRET for how to beat burnout in nursing school.
I'm giving you the exact process that I follow to help me avoid burnout.
When you're burned out, you're not getting things done, you're not taking action, and
you're not showing up for your life the best way you can.
Burnout is a very real problem, so I'm going to give you a game plan on how to beat it.
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in.
So what really is burnout, let's talk about it.
Here's what I want you to consider: Burnout happens when you let your mind run wild with
anxious thoughts.
It has nothing to do with how much studying you have to do, how many care plans you need
to write, or when your research paper is due.
And here's what I know, this has been my experience: when I was in nursing school we all had the
same amount of things to do, we went to the same classes, we had to study the same things,
and we all had the same papers and number of care plans to write.
But here's the difference, there were students who were a LOT happier than me.
And on the other side, I was a LOT happier than many OTHER students.
So even though we had ALL the same responsibilities and expectations, some students chose to be
unhappy and burned out, and others didn't.
For me, personally, I constantly had this thought that my life would be better when..
Dot dot dot…
I thought everything would be better if I passed that exam, if I could just make it
to summer vacation, or when I graduated my life would be better and I would finally feel
happy.
This constant barrage of thoughts that we have of, "I'll be happy when…" creates this
underlying uneasiness and stress within our minds.
And it's all of this emotional and mental stress that causes us to burn out.
So this is what I hope you'll consider: burnout happens when you're constantly having stressed
and anxious thoughts.
It has nothing to do with the amount of things you need to get done, but it's how you're
THINKING about it that matters.
In nursing school, our professors told a story about a gal who was fighting through cancer
treatment while going through nursing school.
And they all told us that she was the happiest, most content and joyful student they've ever
had.
And WHY?
That doesn’t make logical sense, right, she's got so much MORE on her plate than the
average nursing student.
But it's because she actively DECIDED to be content and joyful and happy!
So once we accept that it's our thoughts about nursing school and about our situation that's
creating burnout, then we can finally change it.
And here's how I recommend doing it.
This is the exact process that I follow to keep my anxiety at bay and help me be more
content.
I write out all of my anxious and overwhelmed thoughts.
All of them.
No matter how ugly, terrible, and horrible they are.
I write all of them down.
And then, next to them, I write what GOD would say instead.
I call this the God Thought.
So you have your anxious thoughts, and then you have the God Thoughts.
What would GOD say instead?
So if you had a thought like, "I'm never going to pass this class."
The God Thought may be something like, "God gives me the strength to keep trying."
So you'll end up with 2 lists of thoughts: the anxious thoughts and the God Thoughts.
The next step is to constantly remind yourself of the God thoughts, and then do this practice
every day.
The more you write out all of your negative thoughts and get them out in the open, the
more you expose them, and focus on the thoughts God gives you, the quieter those anxious thoughts
will become.
The more I do this practice, the more energy I find that I have.
Because when I show up in a super positive way, the better I feel, the more energy I
have, and the longer I can focus, study and work.
Leave a comment below and let me know YOUR best tips for beating burnout and how you
push through those long days in nursing school.
You are stronger than you realize friend, and you are capable of so much more than you
could ever dream.
I hope you have a fabulous rest of your week.
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And go become the nurse that God created only YOU to be.
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I'll see you over there.