Reduce Your Workload at Home
You may not be able to take a full vacation, but you can still free up rest time in other areas. It's as simple as asking for help. Consider whether you need mental or physical rest, and make your requests accordingly.
- One easy way your family and housemates can help with is housework. For instance, you could ask to cook dinner less often. You could also offer to take on a physical task like mopping the floors instead of a more mental one like creating the grocery list.
- Another big relief your friends can offer is understanding. Explain that you need more space to rest. Then, cancel your unnece
ssary appointments. You can also ask to excuse yourself from recurring commitments for the time being.
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How to recover from burnout by thinking about it as a big pile of clutter: every day, you clear a little more of it away. With patience, strategy, and time, you can get rid of it all.
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