Tell me all your best strategies for dealing with work burnout pls.

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Tori · Answer

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle: I’ve been an evangelist for this book for years! Lots of immediate, accessible, actionable tips to help work burnout. 💗

Dawno · Answer

Listen to Jane Austen: Audible has abridged versions with multiple actors. (Or go for Juliet Stevenson’s renditions on Spotify or audible.)  It’s just soothing at the end of a long day.

Sarah Beck · Answer

Negotiate Fridays off in lieu of a raise: I know this isn't available to everyone, but please let me open your Overton window to the idea of asking for one day off a week in lieu of a raise. I'm not talking about cramming 40 hours into 4 days, just... Fridays off. After 8 years at my company I negotiated this, and it's been life giving/changing/affirming. I've met up with friends, garden, read, knit and spent the day cooking for a dinner party. I plan on solo trips to the pool and the beach this summer. I plan to grab a coffee and hit a morning movie. I've volunteered at my kids school. And no surprise to anyone... the work still gets done in 4 days.

Theadora · Answer

Sauna culture: Really the best way to shut your brain off. This, plus restorative yoga and acupuncture will help.