It's real. Trust me.
Do an internet search on "signs of burnout" and you'll find dozens of lists. It's hard to come back from the stress of what caused it to begin with. I'll share a couple things I learned from my own burnout and hope it helps you.
- Not having enough time to do your work but then finding you didn't do anything all day and have no idea why.
- Tiredness. So. Much. Tiredness.
- Headaches
- Dreading actually making it into work. And also coming up with increasingly outlandish excuses not to go to work. (No? Just me? I do make it in, but every day I come up with at least 4 reasons not to.)
- Apathy
What's helped me in my day job is having immediate coworkers who feel the same. We exchange our outlandish reasons for calling out (stubbed my toe, dog is sad I'm leaving, child wants to go to Disney) and laugh. Seriously, without them I wouldn't have made it this far.
Cleaning? Meh, it's overrated. Please don't ask me the last time I dusted. I honestly don't remember. But I keep the kitchen clean, the laundry clean, and the floor vacuumed.
Story to finish? I take it in bite sized pieces. If I just write 145 more words, I'll make it to a nice even number. Then 9 times out of 10, I'm on a semi-roll and write 1,000 words or so.
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