5 Tips to Help Avoid Personal Burnout
Posted in The Simple Life
This post has been sitting unfinished in my draft folder for weeks. I haven’t wanted to post it. This topic hits too close to home. I’m overweight, have high blood pressure and my doctor is concerned about my triglyceride levels.
The solution for me is simple right now: eat less and exercise more, but I’m having trouble getting disciplined to these habits. I’m not a Type-A personality and that’s probably the only thing that keeps my stress levels under control.
Here is a case of do as I say, not as I do. These five behaviours are important for keeping stress under control.
- Get enough sleep and rest. Sleep is as important to a healthy lifestyle as eating properly and exercising. Studies have suggested that too little sleep may increase your risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity and depression. Getting a good night’s sleep is one of the simplest things you can do to stay healthy.
- Exercise. Regular physical activity provides many health benefits: reducing heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes and many other diseases and metabolic conditions. Regular exercise is also beneficial for weight reduction and maintenance, and may improve brain chemistry to reduce depression.
- Get rid of the excess pounds. There are many benefits to losing weight. Keeping at the ideal weight for your height this will help maintain lower cholesterol levels and blood pressure. You will also lower your risk of health problems such as type II diabetes and heart disease, as well as increase your life expectancy.
- Eat a balanced diet. A well balanced diet is a necessary part of preserving health and reducing stress. A balanced diet includes fruit and vegetables. milk and dairy products, quantities of carbohydrates, vitamins, salts and minerals. A resource, such as Canada’s Food Guide has all the information you need to help you eat healthy.
- Take care when you’re ill. Regardless of age, people are wise to undergo annual physical examinations. While annual physicals cannot insure that a person will not become ill, the examinations often enable doctors to spot diseases in the early stages. In many cases the early detection of disease can make possible the cure or diminishing of disease.
Often, illness is the body’s way of telling you to slow down. It’s important to pay attention to the message. If you have a cold or flu, take the time to recuperate.
As I write, this is a wake-up call to me. I need to work harder to get my health and fitness under control. If you find yourself dealing with stress and burnout, look to see which of the above behaviours need adjusting.
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whats that, with every line Yo write, stress gets stonger.
Just quit everything for a short time, take half a day and tell everyone youre ill and dont take your notebook with you enjoy it. Enjoy two weeks.
Then return, tell you are recoverd and clean up all the mess that piled up.
Yours
Robert Weisssmantel
http://www.notebookeria.de