Don’t let Burnout Kill your Dream
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I’ve been busy working on another blog and have neglected this one. Whether it’s good or bad I don’t know I just know I ran out of time for everything. I know most everyone has this problem now and then. However, I decided it was time to do a post on my favorite blog, this one. This particular blog is all about chasing your dream which I am doing at a frantic pace. Of course, as usual I try to do too many things at once. And when you do that it can hinder the chase or even bring it to a halt.
That’s what I’m going to briefly write about today. Naturally, when you are hindered or brought to a downright halt you have to look at your life and try to figure out what you can let go. Too many priorties on the plate and something has to go. Then you may go over your daily tasks and think “I can’t let anything go, it’s all important”. What then? Then you have to reassess your priorties and start asking yourself questions, like ” Is this still the most productive use of my time?” “Do I still need to be doing this?” “Or is this something that I should let go of, but don’t want to. ”
That’s what I’ve been doing lately, trying to figure out what can I take away. It’s coming down to having to give up something I love to do, but don’t need to do. Otherwise, my health is at risk due to the load being too heavy, not to mention my dream being negatively affected. After all how can you chase your dream when you’re body breaks down and ceases to function. The answer is simple; you can’t.
It’s important to keep your dream alive for without it life doesn’t have much meaning or purpose. To keep the dream alive we have to keep ourselves alive. And not just alive, but alive and well. The reality is that if your health isn’t good you will not be able to do anything significant. You simply won’t have the strength. I know this from my own past experience when I ran myself in the ground; burned out.
Since I have been there done that, I know the symptoms and can take steps to avoid another burnout. The first step to avoid burnout is to do what I mentioned above. Reassess priorties and cut out the least productive. Sounds simple, but isn’t! The next thing I do is try to get more rest and quiet time so that I can get my energy level where it needs to be. No energy, no production, no production, no dream fulfilled.
For this reason, if you have discovered you are heading for burnout and have too many to do’s on your daily list it’s time to trim down to a doable list. This must be done or your dream will not become a reality, but will stay a dream. I don’t know about you but I want to live my dream not just dream it. In fact, it’s up to us to not let it die, but to bring it to life.
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