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Burnout: You are Not Alone

October 10, 2012 By marycarlisle

Ministry is hard work. Knowing that my work is related to people hearing the Gospel, I feel the need to work longer hours and add more items on my to do list than I can actually get done. Been there? It’s a dangerous place. You do more and work harder and faster, which warrants praise, but it’s not sustainable, nor is it healthy.

 

What burnout looks like –

-Exhaustion, both physical and emotional.
-Rising stress levels.
-Disinterest in your work, but also in anything outside of work.
-Allowing your physical health to take a back seat to work
God made us to desperately need rest and Sabbath.

Here are some things I do when I feel like burn out may be approaching. Know that it won’t be an immediate correction… It will take some lifestyle change.

  1. Rest. REALLY rest. Take a couple of days and don’t work on any work. Don’t think about work. Don’t even think about thinking about work. This will take discipline, but it’s worth it.
  2. Take a full day to spend time in the Word. Don’t allow this to be preparation for a study you will lead. Just take some time to be filled by the Lord.
  3. Seek out friends who encourage you. Do something you both enjoy together.
  4. Get healthy. Watch what you eat, get some exercise, and get enough sleep.
  5. Use a post it for your day’s to-do list. I’ve come to find I can’t fit a whole lot on that post-it, so it makes me take a look at my day and consider what I can actually get done, rather than what I could get done if I worked in a perfect world where time stood still.

Have you ever felt burned out? What did you do to remedy it?

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