Avoiding New Year’s Resolution Burnout

It's easy to start off the year with huge goals to be better, stronger, and more productive than the year before. We set objectives and tactics that maybe feel realistic at the time but after a month, we are dwindling. We are exhausted and the pace we thought we could sustain we can't. Maybe it's not even our goals we are trying to reach, maybe it's those set by our jobs, our family's expectation, or societal standards that busyness is currency.

It's not bad to take a step back, to reanalyze your goals and set new ones. You could even set the goal to slow down, to take better care of yourself, and implement the changes you can control.

Signs of burnout can include fatigue, physical symptoms (headaches, stomach aches, jaw pain from clenching), irritation, negative interactions with loved ones, self-criticism and low self-confidence. Burnout manifests itself in subtle different ways depending on each person. Take a minute, sit with yourself, feel. Are you noticing any signs you may be overly stressed or burnout?