proven ways to prevent burnout for professionals
Professional life can be enduring to navigate. Industries change, people grow, evolve, and sometimes transition away. We are not exposed to the same constancy and care in the world as we were once accustomed. However, for many of us, our work and our impact in the world is worth committing to for a long time, even a lifetime. To support grounding and reflection, we’ve compiled top, core areas that have shown to support you in your mission.
Community
Building community helps share the burdens of challenges and know you are supported and amongst others who understand you. Find those who fill gaps in your life through shared interests, values, and needed supports can be particularly powerful.
Questions to consider:
How can you build more of what you desire?
Who makes you feel most yourself and accepted?
Who inspires you to move you in your path?
Who builds you up?
Mentorship
Learning and growing are integral parts to becoming more of who you are and want to be professionally. Strong mentors who've forged the path can lead you to the direction you want to go. Guidance and strategic steps can help mitigate the burnout of having to do everything yourself and the lack of structure that comes with this burden.
Questions to consider:
Who might be inspiring leaders that I'm drawn to in my field?
How do I connect with those who are further along reaching my goals?
Do I currently have networks who I can reach out to find a good fit?
Self-care & authenticity
Building authenticity and alignment within yourself is so important to feeling healthy and safe. Time and again, we see the impact of neglect on our body and energy for the gain of hustle culture. This energy of forgetting yourself, what’s important to you, and where you want to go, can be re-emboldened by coming back to who you are at your core.
Questions to consider:
How can you be more unapologetically yourself?
What tools do you need to succeed?
How can you build them in?
Enrichment
Finding opportunities for enrichment, such as learning, personal or professional development, and other forms of education can support growth and minimize burnout. Being continually interested and driven by work can help with resilience and limit what comes with fatigue and lack of progress.
Questions to consider:
What part of your work do you love?
Are there any parts that you love most?
Are there any CEUs or ways to learn more or gain depth in those areas?
Are there any new areas you'd like to explore and learn more about?
Every season has its phase, and what might be important to you now can change. We invite you to consider reflecting on these quarterly and invest in your own self-reflection time. Your answers may surprise, guide, and nurture you into a better tomorrow. As always, we are one email away, if you’d like our support in your process.