End Your Emotional Exhaustion.
What if your employer can’t or won’t make changes to address Emotional Exhaustion in the team. Here are four things you can do:
Prioritise Sleep – More than food. More than fun. More than work. Sleep. Sleep allows your brain to refuel. During EE you can’t make good decisions. Sleep is your #1 priority.
Police Your Mind – To stop work-thoughts bullying you awake you need to create a sleep perimeter. 2 hrs before sleep write down everything you need to do. Take 30mins and empty your head onto paper. Then unwind – read, pray, talk, meditate. See below re TV & Socials.
Unfriend TV & Socials – We run to TV and social media when a lot is going on because they’re so good at highjacking our minds (so we forget about what we’re facing). The problem is that TV & Socials are energy thieves. They smile to your face but rob you blind. They are not your friends, especially if you’re EE. Unfriend them in your sleep perimeter.
Redefine Success – If your primary sense of worth comes from the approval of others or from achievements you’re at a higher risk of EE. During this period redefine success to “getting through”. Celebrate ugly but done.
Do you have a sleep perimeter? Have you ever tried a social media detox?
