Taking a little break from work

Do you know the difference a little break from work can make for you? Have you ever experienced burnout & wondered what to do next?

Well, a couple of weeks back I came to the realisation that over the last couple of months I had been driving myself towards quite a big burst of burnout, the extent of which I didn’t truly recognise until I actually took some days off of work on annual leave.

Let’s take a look at burnout & how I reduced mine in today’s blog!

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Over the last couple of weeks, I started to notice that I was not working well as I usually do & that I was losing my concentration in work really quickly. Normally, I am fairly switched on & have no difficulty in thinking of ideas for blogs and social media posts but no matter what I tried, I just kept thinking of nothing, so I decided that I needed to change things up a bit.

So, what did I do?

I decided to take 11 days off on annual leave and I am not going to lie, they were fantastic! After the first couple of days off, I began to notice just how much I needed this rest & how much burnout I had left build-up over the past year. My mind quickly moved from work to relaxing, which made for a lovely change from the norm.

Before I did go on leave, I had planned a lot of different tasks & jobs that I was going to do in my days off, but when those days actually came, I decided to postpone them to the future, as what would the sense be in working, when I was supposed to be relaxing & recharging, to help make myself ready to return to work?

My break gave me the perfect chance to catch-up on some sleep, and to spend some time doing the things that I love! I went on plenty of walks, did some new networking on LinkedIn, I binged some TV shows & I even started reading a new book on Celtic Mythology, which I have been wanting to start for ages!

I came back to work on Tuesday this week & honestly, I felt really refreshed and ready to work again. I started to get ideas springing back into my mind and I could actually concentrate on what I was doing again, which was a massive relief!

My advice to all of you is, if you feel like you need a bit of a break, or if you are feeling very tired & drained recently, please consider taking some time off & having some you-time! You never really know the difference a small break can make on your life!

Thank you all for reading today’s blog, what do you think? Have you ever experienced burnout from work? How do you relax & unwind? How do you realise when you are not working as well as you normally do? How are you doing recently?

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Thank you all for reading & I hope you have a great day!