Recovering from burnout?

Godislove94

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This semester has not gone at all like I wanted to. I know that I'm facing consequences for a bad choice I made (for those who have read some other recent posts on here, I finally had enough and did end up quitting my hospital job, which was the cause of this. After I turned in my two weeks notice God confirmed to me in several ways that this was the right decision and that I should have left at the end of the summer. I feel like I've been released from prison and could not be more relieved).

Things should calm down now that my schedule is freed up considerably but now I'm struggling with recovering from burnout. I have no motivation and am depressed. I'm also in danger of having to repeat a class because I missed a day more than the maximum number of absences allowed. I can't afford to do that and am trying to get a doctors slip because the stress of work and school has caused medical issues that were related to the missed days.

How did you recover from burnout?
 
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usually I take one evening and do anything but work. Like right now, I had a paper due Friday, an intensive all day Saturday, and had to play on the worship team in Church today, have class over the next two days as well as a paper due Tuesday, so tonight I'm doing nothing. I see it as you need rest and relaxation, and you need to put work in. You can't always be doing work, so setting limits like not working past 9pm for example, to leave time and space to rest and recuperate.
 
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I feel you. I'm experiencing burnout right now. I have two exams this week; one tomorrow and one on Wednesday. I've had so much work to do over the past couple weeks that I'm just like beyond caring right now. But I still do care. A lot :/
I agree that taking a night off every week is necessary. Try to get a doctor's note if you were sick the days you missed. Try to calm down, relax, and take things one day at a time.
 
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