Handling Burnout at Work 

Too much of anything is bad. As humans, we need a balance to keep us doing well. Anything overdone can lead to burnout.  

Try to strike a balance with all you do. I love Chimichangas. Yet, If I ate chimichangas every day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, how long do you think I would want to stay on working that diet? It would not be balanced. I would have deficiencies that could lead to medical problems. I need to balance my diet with a variety of healthy foods. 

Work is that way. If you work 12-16 hours a day (I have at times in the past.) You start to find that even the most minor things wear on you. You get frustrated and blow your top over the smallest of concerns. You end up grumpy, irritable, and alone because no one wants to be around when you erupt. 

If you take all your time to live and find yourself at home with the family more often, you may have some of the same problems as the earlier paragraphs. The exact causes are at play. Rather than having a good work-life balance, you are ending up on one side or the other and never having balance. 

Work to enjoy whatever you do. And whatever you do, keep in balance with everything else you do. 

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Author: Mike Balof

A retired Air Force Master Sergeant, Mike used to lay in bed at night and worry about what would happen if his plant closed or found himself without a job. One day his plant closed. Rather than panic and hysteria (OK, maybe a little) Mike found himself carried away on the adventure of his life. Mike started with the best job he ever had working at Home Depot. He spent 8 years working with job seekers at a local workforce center, helping them to find employment. He then started his own company developing courses, writing books and urging others to follow their own paths into the future. Mike holds a Master of Arts in Adult Education and Training and a Bachelor of Business Management, earned through the University of Phoenix and an AAS degree in Electronics Systems Technology from the Community College of the Air Force. Mike is a member of the Delta Mu Delta Business Honor Society.

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