Ways to Save Yourself From Burning out. Tip#3: Find Something to Look Forward to
Think about your career goals or how you make customers’ lives better—any part of your day that can give your work meaning. Finding the areas where you make a difference or that are helping you toward your goals can give you added motivation to deal with the energy-draining aspects of your job.
Davis-Laack has a tactic that helps her clients think more positively on a daily basis: Changing their passwords.
For stressed-out clients, she recommends that they think about a big goal, a positive emotion, or something they’re looking forward to. Then, change your password to integrate that concept, which makes you think about it every time you key in your password. “It just gets your brain sort of working in a subconscious way, toward a goal that’s important to you,” she says.
Mitigating the early stages of burnout or heading it off entirely can help you avoid a more serious case that requires more time from which to recover.
