Course 2: Becoming a 7 Cups Leader - (Discussion #11) Avoiding Burnout
7 Cups is founded on a community of passionate volunteers who lovingly dedicate their time to providing support.
You may face what is called burnout during your journey. You may have already faced this in your real life. Burnout is very real and must be recognized. You can't help fuel someone else when your tank is empty, after all!
To address and learn about burnout, we have created a slidedeck on how to avoid burnout.
Activity: Please read it through and in the replies, tell us what you learned, and what you will do to stay healthy and avoid burnout!
Then, please reply to 3 of your peers in this thread with encouraging or supportive words!
After completing the course quiz, please proceed to this post!
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I learned that a burn is feeling stress out, overwhelmed and over working your self.
You needs to take self care breack often and need to recognize the signs of a burn out so you step away.
@Heather225
Please read it through and in the replies, tell us what you learned, and what you will do to stay healthy and avoid burnout!
I learned that burnout can occur at any given time. To avoid it, we must know when to take a self-care break.
I have experienced burnout so it is known to me how it feels like. Therefore, I maintain certain activities in my daily routine to avoid it. The activities that I indulge in to avoid burnout are as follows:
-Workout
-Frequent breaks
-Self-help books
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I learned a lot from the slides. I discovered that I can't give what I don't have and in the process of helping others I should avoid burn out..I also learned not to accumulate portfolios, it's better to drop some to be effective and also fill my emotional, physical needs. It is good for me to get go offline for a while to get more energy and refreshed.
@JoeyTribbbiani
Great response <3
@JoeyTribbbiani
Quality over quantity : ) You've made some solid points.
@jovialButterfly6752
Hehe thanks,π
@Heather225
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(Question: Please read it through and in the replies, tell us what you learned, and what you will do to stay healthy and avoid burnout! )
I have learned that burnout could cause me to work as efficiently as I could
I think I would make sure to take adequate breaks, know my limits and not bite off more than I can chew. As the saying goes, you cant pour from an empty cup
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I learned that burnout is a chronic stress and identifying its symptoms, practicing self care breaks and setting boundaries can help to avoid burnout.
@Heather225
Burnout is a state of chronic stress that leads to: physical and emotional exhaustion | cynicism and detachment | feeling of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment
Major signs of burnout:
Chronic fatigue, insomnia, forgetfulness or lack of focus, physical symptoms (like nausea, heart palpitations, headaches, or gastrointestinal pain), increased illness, loss of appetite, anxiety, depression, and anger.
Signs of growing burnout:
Cynicism, loss of enjoyment, pessimism, detachment, irritability, poor performance
How to stay healthy and avoid burnout:
Get time away - spending time offline is paramount to feeling recharged.
Self-Care! Take self-care breaks and log off completely for a few days.
Reflect on your available time for volunteering - It is better to have less titles and enjoy yourself versus all the roles and miserable.
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@ouiCherie
Love your response. Burnout is bad, I have experienced it and now know how to avoid it!
@mxmes
Yeah, I'm prone to burnout too. Well, glad that we know more of the signs and what to do before it's gone too far π
Thanks for the reply mxmes π
@Heather225
Tell us what you learned: I learned the different signs of burnout, so know I can better understand them. I also learned what burnout entails.
What would you do to stay healthy and avoid burnout?: I will practice self-care and observe my mind to know when I am near a burnout.
@Heather225
- I learned that burnout is a state of chronic stress and that it can also have physical and emotional symptoms.
- I would take it slow and also go on self care breaks regularly to ease things and also be able to enjoy what I do here at 7Cups.
@Heather225
I learned about the 7 values. Burnout is a state of chronic stress that leads to physical and emotional exhaustion, cynicism and detachment, and feelings of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment.
I will manage my time wisely to the point where I can get some time to myself and do some self-care that I often like to do.
@Heather225
Please read it through and in the replies, tell us what you learned,
1. Burnout can make you a bad leader
2. Burnout in leaders reduces the ability of 7 Cups to help members.
3. Boundaries can prevent burnout.
and what you will do to stay healthy and avoid burnout!
1. Schedule my commitments so I donβt put more hours than I have the resources to commit
2. Schedule self care as well - I try to do something creative I enjoy every day like making some art.
3. Prioritise the basics: sleep, eating well, drinking enough water.
4. Only commit to activities which give me energy rather than simply draining me.
@jovialButterfly6752
Scheduling time for self care is important! Good one
@jovialButterfly6752
very interesting and thoughtful response
@jovialButterfly6752
I can relate to committing to things that you find easy and fun to do that draining because I sometimes drain myself to get to something which then complicates things even more
@jovialButterfly6752
I like how structured your answer is!!
Good Job!
@jovialButterfly6752
self care, nice job!
@jovialButterfly6752
I think scheduling commitments is such a great method to maintain boundaries!
@jovialButterfly6752
I love the idea of self-care. Thank you for the amazing post :)
@jovialButterfly6752 I liked how you mentioned scheduling. That is important so you do not do too much at once.
@jovialButterfly6752
nice post π
Hi twin (@jovialButterfly6752)! Your response is really well thought out and I agree with the fact that scheduling self-care is important.
@richuyulin π