How To Avoid Entrepreneurial Burnout
How To Avoid Entrepreneurial Burnout https://innaleeuniversity.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sweet-short-haired-business-lady-laughs-while-listening-music-headphones-portrait-woman-office-clothes-sitting-workplace-2-1024x682.jpg 1024 682 corpus https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d6d9dfe5ebd8ba976e226e1e97af52adae6bbbd706cfc0edeb963275b1b79f25?s=96&d=mm&r=gPhysical burnout is something many entrepreneurs can relate to. Burnout can surface in many ways and looks different on everyone. The long days, sleepless nights, and early mornings all add up until you feel completely exhausted.
Sometimes, it’s hard to separate yourself from the business. But overtime, physical exhaustion builds up and starts to impact your emotional health. Chronic stress happens when you don’t allow yourself to rest mentally and physically. It can lead to disorders like muscle aches, high blood pressure, depression, anxiety, and insomnia.
When you are working another 12-hour day, it might seem like you are being productive but the opposite is true. Even the busiest entrepreneurs need to take time to rest, recharge, and refocus for productivity and improved wellness. Here are three ways you can avoid entrepreneurial burnout this holiday season and beyond.
- Exercise More
You don’t have to train for a marathon, but make a commitment to move each day. Low-impact exercises like yoga can have many benefits for your mind and body and don’t require extensive equipment.
- Schedule ‘Me Time’
Remember self-care isn’t selfish, it’s essential. Entrepreneurs will work from sunrise to sunset without taking a break. Relationships, fun, family, and other basic important needs are put on the back burner. Successful entrepreneurs make time for themselves! Carve out a little time for YOU each day.
- Destroy Your Stress Triggers
As a mental health professional, I talk about triggers a lot. It’s important to take note of the things that are stressing you out in life so you can find ways to better manage them.
- Remember, Happiness Is Yours For The Taking
Constantly pushing yourself to the limit is not going to make you happy in life. True happiness comes from slowing down and tapping into mindfulness. Even when your schedule is full, make time to appreciate the wonderful things that are right in front of you. We all get the same 24 hours in a day, it’s how you spend it that matters in life and in business.