Your plan for feeling burnt out
Protect your energy before your workload.
Burnout is not solved by squeezing harder. Reduce the demand, identify what genuinely matters, and create room to recover.
Choose how you want to approach it
Keep in mind
- Exhaustion is not laziness.
- Some work can wait or become smaller.
- Recovery is part of a sustainable plan.
Step-by-step
- 01
Check your capacity
Rate your energy from one to ten and plan for the number you actually have. Keep this move under five minutes.
- 02
Remove one demand
Postpone, shorten, or ask for help with one non-essential task. Keep this move under five minutes.
- 03
Choose the essential
Pick the smallest piece that protects your deadline or understanding. Keep this move under five minutes.
- 04
Plan recovery
Decide when this work ends and what genuine rest follows it. Keep this move under five minutes.