and the steps that i have allocated for myself and just realize it instantly and any inspiration
motivation or energy to burnout. Hey guys, today I would want to bring up some really important
topic. I'm talking about this because I have been in this situation myself,
and what is more, I'm seeing a lot of people who are also diving in. Therefore, the topic for
today is a burnout. To be honest, I am planning to separate this topic into two because
the first step what you would really want to do is to define that you are currently burning
out as sometimes this is not pretty much obvious and people are sinking without really
realising they are. The second topic would be how to recover when you finally realise that you
are absolutely burned out and you do not have any powers to continue doing what you do. If
this sounds like somewhat familiar to you then you would definitely want to keep on watching.
Hey there, my name is Kris and you are in my project management sandbox. Here on my channel I'm
sharing tips and tricks on IT project management and the relevant professional stuff. Now if you
wanna keep watching make sure you're subscribed and all your notifications are set, otherwise you
will definitely miss something important. A little disclaimer guys, I'm not a therapist and
in this video I'm sharing my personal experience and the steps that I have allocated for myself in
order to prevent similar cases in the future. I hope that this could be useful for you as well,
but again, this is my experience only. So, the problem with the burnout is that it has the
cumulative effect. Meaning, when people are tired at work, when they sometimes feel exhausted it
does not necessarily mean they're burning out. However, the more you are engaged, the deeper you
are in your project, the more complicated it is to define that you are diving in. This is also
called like professional depression I would say because similar with the depression people do not
realise that they are burning out. Here is actually the danger because when you finally
define that you are completely burned out you are far far away from the first step when you can just
realise it instantly and do some activities that can help you not to sink in this ocean. Getting
back to my story, basically I was so much involved and engaged in my projects, like many of you are,
that simply when the time comes it was too far away for me. Another problem that I recognise,
it is really hard to say stop for yourself. Meaning when you are constantly running this marathon
you just keep going further. You keep doing more and you're continuously taking more
than you can actually produce. At the end of the day when I finally defined that I was on the edge
and that I cannot actually afford myself taking more my business day lasts for about
12 to 14 hours every day and even sleeping over the weekend didn't help me to recover by Monday
and to find some powers or energy to stay on the top of my efficiency as I could have done
this before. To let you know in advance it took me several months to recover until the moment when I
realised I'm ready to continue doing what I used to do at the same pace. The point of this
video is to give you an understanding, an idea on how to define if you are currently burning out
and what is the right moment to say stop for yourself in order to undertake some activities
for protecting your mental and emotional health on your professional journey. The first bell
you would want to pay special attention to is you're having issues with sleep.
The business day is over, you're sure you have done everything possible that was planned for today.
However, when the time comes to go to bed you cannot even start falling asleep. You continue
rolling in your bed and you continue rolling thoughts in your mind. You are thinking about possible project
risks; about project issues; change requests that have been addressed; new deadlines
that stakeholders have put on you and so on Finally, you cannot just stop thinking about it and at the
end of the night you can simply lose any hope to fall asleep at all. What we usually do in this case?
We are sit up, take our laptop and start polishing the project plan; start recording project risks; or
potentially we start doing what is planned for tomorrow. This is
extremely negative experience and it causes a lot of fatigue. It prevents you from having rest
and it eats a lot of your energy. Bell number two that you would want to pay your attention to
is unhealthy work environment. What I'm talking about is the continuous pressure at work that
we may experience on a regular basis. For instance, absolutely inefficient and unstructured meetings;
demands to stay over time or to stay at work when we are actually do not meant
to be there, for instance overnight or on weekends. Continuously addressed challenges
without proper recognition when you are hitting goals. Basically, when you are put into the not
healthy and not secure work environment it eats a lot of energy. Initially it might
seem something normal and something that people are dealing with on a regular basis.
Be honest with yourself. This is not a healthy situation. If you are continuously
being under the pressure it will definitely have a negative impact further on. Bell number three,
lacking the opportunity to sleep well and being constantly under the pressure could lead you to
no desire to start your business day. Obviously, this could happen to anyone once or twice in a while.
However, if you start feeling this
constantly; if every business day doesn't bring any joy for you and you prefer not to wake up
in the morning rather than starting your business day again, you need to pay attention to this. What
is more, it could get even worse, so bell number four - you're getting annoyed with everything that
you do at work. You're not happy to communicate to people; you're not happy to work on your projects
and to do the stuff that you got used to do and that you were happy about doing previously.
You are irritated about everything that is going on during your business day no
matter whether you are in the office or at home. And the final fifth stage of this
burnout journey is when you completely have no opportunity to get rest even over the weekend.
Thus, during the weekend you're continuously thinking about your work you're just thinking about the
possibility not to start this business day on Monday again. When it comes, it brings only
more irritation than you had before. That was the final point where I ended up about a year ago.
Be sure to pay special attention to not only what you do at work but also to how do you feel about
what you do at work. At the end of the day we spend the majority of our time for our jobs. If we do
not feel any inspiration, motivation or energy,
we are not gonna bring any value neither to ourselves nor to others. Remember, burnout is an
enemy of productivity. Be sure to pay special attention to those five belts that I have listed
in this video. In the upcoming episode I'm gonna be sharing the activities that helped me to recover
from the burnout and can also help you if you feel that you are getting to the similar stage.
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