Comments on: How To Deal With Burnout http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/ Working To Live Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:04:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve Harold http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-23086 Steve Harold Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:09:13 +0000 http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/#comment-23086 As with anything, balance and moderation can help avoid trouble. For a healthy lifestyle balance should be a bit like the old Mars bar advert, full of 'work, rest and play'. As with anything, balance and moderation can help avoid trouble. For a healthy lifestyle balance should be a bit like the old Mars bar advert, full of ‘work, rest and play’.

]]> By: Marcelo Ruiz http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Marcelo Ruiz Sat, 17 Sep 2005 02:44:19 +0000 http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/#comment-715 My wife always tell me to take a break, go out, sleep or whatever when I am in this situation. Typically, I can spend hour or several days in the computer doing NOTHING. However, if I try to leave the computer I start feeling guilty beacause my job becomes to delay... and I think next days I will have to work harder... Don't you think that we must consider burn out time in our project estimations? By the way... what percentage of the time you spend in your work place is burn out? In my case, I can say 15%, I think. My wife always tell me to take a break, go out, sleep or whatever when I am in this situation. Typically, I can spend hour or several days in the computer doing NOTHING. However, if I try to leave the computer I start feeling guilty beacause my job becomes to delay… and I think next days I will have to work harder…
Don’t you think that we must consider burn out time in our project estimations?
By the way… what percentage of the time you spend in your work place is burn out? In my case, I can say 15%, I think.

]]> By: w s http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-714 w s Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:44:58 +0000 http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/#comment-714 A good article, wish I had read it three years ago. That's when I started this present burnout. So, what do you do if your at the stage of burnout where the joy of all things in your life is gone? Where the sound of your lovers' voice is not as sweet. Where the sunset that is soooo awe inspiring is now ho-hum. When work is something mechanical no matter what it is your doing. When you have forgotten how it is to relax and laugh, really laugh. How do you regain what is not just a distant fading memory? I did enjoy your piece, at lest now I know I'm not just bonkers. Only burnt! A good article, wish I had read it three years ago. That’s when I started this present burnout. So, what do you do if your at the stage of burnout where the joy of all things in your life is gone? Where the sound of your lovers’ voice is not as sweet. Where the sunset that is soooo awe inspiring is now ho-hum. When work is something mechanical no matter what it is your doing. When you have forgotten how it is to relax and laugh, really laugh. How do you regain what is not just a distant fading memory? I did enjoy your piece, at lest now I know I’m not just bonkers. Only burnt!

]]> By: Nola http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Nola Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:44:50 +0000 http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/#comment-582 Great article. I was getting burned out and I joined the Y. Exercising seems to give me the "break" I need and the energy to keep going. Great article. I was getting burned out and I joined the Y. Exercising seems to give me the “break” I need and the energy to keep going.

]]> By: memoryleek http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-401 memoryleek Mon, 25 Jul 2005 04:55:02 +0000 http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/#comment-401 I just found your site through commandN.com and I love it. Especially this entry. As a college student that has to work 40+ hours a week just to keep my head above water, I easily find myself burnt out. I've always felt that those who work harder tend to fall harder. Such is the case with myself. For me, I find that secluding myself from everything and everyone is the best way to bring myself back up. I just found your site through commandN.com and I love it. Especially this entry. As a college student that has to work 40+ hours a week just to keep my head above water, I easily find myself burnt out. I’ve always felt that those who work harder tend to fall harder. Such is the case with myself. For me, I find that secluding myself from everything and everyone is the best way to bring myself back up.

]]> By: binki http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-392 binki Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:52:43 +0000 http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/#comment-392 Thank you for allowing me to read this insight and encouragement. Also in retrospect, I have been in these same circumstances, and felt as though creative writing and sci-fi and fantasea ( my favorites ) were a shear endurance trail. Writing is release of the soul and all it's imaginative counterparts, be these alter egos mythical or tangible. Play on musicians, play on. Thank you for allowing me to read this insight and encouragement. Also in retrospect, I have been in these same circumstances, and felt as though creative writing and sci-fi and fantasea ( my favorites ) were a shear endurance trail. Writing is release of the soul and all it’s imaginative counterparts, be these alter egos mythical or tangible. Play on musicians, play on.

]]> By: nk http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-262 nk Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:17:37 +0000 http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/#comment-262 working through burnout, i thought, was an option for me, i'd done it numerous times before until a few years ago when i worked too hard for too long. since then, and thankfully, i just cannot do it no more, maybe for a few days, perhaps a week, but not like times past. at that time i took timeout, but <em>only after a doctor told me i was not to return to work</em>. now, a few years on, i work in a comparatively high pressure job for some of the largest bluechip companies in the world and would agree with pretty much all of Keith's advice. [work,] eat, sleep and play... that's really all it took, that's all i do now and i love it, but you all know how it is, when you're in the thick of it. i fully agree with JLP also, the times away from work, letting the mind relax, help tremendously with my creativity. working through burnout, i thought, was an option for me, i’d done it numerous times before until a few years ago when i worked too hard for too long. since then, and thankfully, i just cannot do it no more, maybe for a few days, perhaps a week, but not like times past. at that time i took timeout, but only after a doctor told me i was not to return to work. now, a few years on, i work in a comparatively high pressure job for some of the largest bluechip companies in the world and would agree with pretty much all of Keith’s advice. [work,] eat, sleep and play… that’s really all it took, that’s all i do now and i love it, but you all know how it is, when you’re in the thick of it. i fully agree with JLP also, the times away from work, letting the mind relax, help tremendously with my creativity.

]]> By: Jan Brasna http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Jan Brasna Sun, 26 Jun 2005 21:32:46 +0000 http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/#comment-261 I find the return from vacation back to work more challenging :/ I'm just going throught this "back to reality" week and it's harder than the week before having the days off. I find the return from vacation back to work more challenging :/ I’m just going throught this “back to reality” week and it’s harder than the week before having the days off.

]]> By: JLP http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-258 JLP Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:41:18 +0000 http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/#comment-258 Good advice! There's too many people who simply try to push through burnout. That's not a good idea. Believe it or not, as a personal finance blogger, I have times when I can't think of anything to write about or am simply tired of writing. I force myself to step back away from the computer and do something else. Then, all the sudden I have a new idea and am ready to go again. JLP <a href="http://allthingsfinancial.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">AllThingsFinancial</a> Good advice! There’s too many people who simply try to push through burnout. That’s not a good idea. Believe it or not, as a personal finance blogger, I have times when I can’t think of anything to write about or am simply tired of writing. I force myself to step back away from the computer and do something else. Then, all the sudden I have a new idea and am ready to go again.

JLP

AllThingsFinancial

]]> By: Hasan Diwan on the Web http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Hasan Diwan on the Web Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:58:59 +0000 http://www.to-done.com/2005/06/how-to-deal-with-burnout/#comment-257 <strong>Dealing With Burnout</strong> Over at To-Done, Keith is blogging on Burnout. If only life were so simple.... Dealing With Burnout

Over at To-Done, Keith is blogging on Burnout. If only life were so simple….

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