New Year. New You.
Yeah, I know. That title is kind of B.S.
January is a 💩time to start a new year. It’s cold. We’re sick. We’re broke from the holidays.
And tired. Oh. So. Tired.
You know the stats—92% of people give up on their new year resolutions within a month or so.
It’s January 16, so maybe you already feel lost.
What Burned Out People Need
What burned out people need isn’t to double-down on the grind or to shame ourselves into submission.
We do need something for ourselves, though.
We need—-agency.
Personal agency is an individual's capacity to make choices, take purposeful actions, and feel they have control over their own life.
When we have a stable sense of personal agency, it enables us to pursue our own goals rather than being passively controlled by other forces.
Burnout is the thief of agency.
Burnout and Your Sense of Self
Let’s revisit the three characteristics of burnout:
Emotional exhaustion—”I am too tired to make decisions to care for myself.”
Cynicism—”Nothing really matters.”
Lack of personal efficacy (loss of purpose)—”I don’t really matter.”
The most meaning endeavor that a burned-out professional can take is the path of Rediscovering Themselves.
Have you lost yourself in your work?
Lost touch with friends?
Unsure what you would do in your free time (if you had any)?
Feel like you are “always on” when it comes to your work?
Rediscover Yourself
Through bucket lists, self-forgiveness, and keeping our work in perspective, we can regain the elusive sense of personal agency.
Enroll in Rediscovering Yourself, an on-demand course that will help you:
Figure out what you want to do
Gain emotional distance from your work and
Regain confidence that you matter—not just the work you do
The course will take you about an hour, and you’ll end up with your very own bucket list, a renewed sense of self, and boundaries help make it stick.
