Burn out is something that can happen to someone at any point in life. There are many signs to burn out, but some common ones include insomnia, crankiness, over reacting to situations, lethargic, not caring about what you used to especially in regards to work or tasks, anger, weight gain or loss and negativity.

It is important to deal with burn out before it causes major impact to your life in regards to goals and directions. Early prevention is best.

There are many things that can be done to help deal with burn out. If at all possible, take a vacation. For those that it’s not possible, or at least in the time frame you need, let’s look at some other things that can be implemented.

Wipe your calender as clear as possible for a while. Don’t do or go anywhere that is not totally necessary. Realize others may not always agree with your definition of necessary.

On the physical level, take extra good care of your body. Eat organic healthy foods, get exercise especially some fresh air, take vitamins and get some extra rest.

Try to analyze what specific tasks drain and overwhelm you. Explore delegating those to others or hiring them done. If that’s impossible, try to do those when you feel your best for smaller amounts of time, then reward yourself with activities that are rewarding and refreshing to you.

Share with someone you trust who’s uplifting and caring. Perhaps they can offer insights and suggestions you can’t see. It might need to be a life coach or counselor or some type. Sometimes we are so close to the situation we can’t see options others can plainly see.

Give these suggestions some time to see how they are working for you. If you’re better, then maintain that better life balance. If it’s the same or worse, it may be a time to really look at the goals you have set and where you want to go. Sometimes past goals no longer are a good fit and we need the freedom to change our goals. But do it from a position of strength and not just desperation to change, just for the purpose of something being different.

Sometimes burn out is a great reality check that our lives are out of balance. There’s also seasons in our lives and it could be we are sensing a change from an old season to a new season, but we’re in the in between stage currently. It could be in time one of those “hidden blessings” that when you look back you realize, this was an important turning point to the direction of life.