May 30, 2024
Feeling Run Down? Try One of These 4 Things
Feelings of burnout can happen to anyone. Our jobs, relationships, and other responsibilities can make it difficult to find time for self-care, which can lead to feelings of apathy. Fortunately, there are simple ways you can bring interest and joy back into your life. TaskHuman coaches want to share their go-to strategies for overcoming feelings of burnout. So, if you’re feeling run down, try one of these 4 things.
1. Change Your Routine
Practice does lead to progress, but if you are doing the same thing all the time, that routine sometimes becomes monotonous. And when you’re bored, your energy is lower, and you don’t have the same spark for work. This drain can lead to feeling run down.
Sometimes those feelings of burnout carry throughout your entire day. When this happens, you may need to change more than one activity to feel reinvigorated. Reviewing your daily habits and routines may help you discover where to bring more energy and inspiration into your day.
Coach Julia Pontones explains:
2. Change Your Mindset
It may not be something you want to hear, but feeling run down is in your head. The good news is that feeling better is also based on your thoughts. If you can manage to change your thinking about your responsibilities, you can change your feelings about them too.
The first thing you need to do is determine what is causing you to feel run down. Working to get to the bottom of your thoughts will help you figure out where you need to go.
Listen to Coach Manoj Kunnath Unnikrishan explain:
Once you determine the cause of your burnout, you need to work to bring yourself back to the present. By being in the present moment, you can see the work or the situation for what it is, and the feelings of burnout often diminish.
Coach Regina De Los Reyes explains:
If feeling run down persists for you, consider identifying the things that are pulling you away from your vibrancy will help you regain your focus and drive. It can also help you feel more gratitude, which can push you to reframe your tasks from ones of obligation to ones of desire.
Listen to Coach Anita Steele explain:
3. Change Your Habits
One habit many TaskHuman coaches use to manage their feelings of burnout is journaling. The act of writing down our thoughts and feelings can help us name them, which can quickly reduce their intensity. It’s like our subconscious has been trying to “remember” what we are feeling, but when we write it down, our brain lets go of it.
Just as taking time to journal is good self-care, so is taking care of your body in other ways. Food that supports your health will help your mind too, working with other modalities to help ease your feelings of burnout.
Listen to Coach Stephanie Thibodeau explain:
4. Change Your Immediate Situation
Feelings of burnout can sometimes be incredibly overwhelming. In some instances, feeling run down may result in lower productivity, and ultimately, not doing your best work. Instead of pushing through to get the project done, pause, reassess, and take time for yourself. Then you can come back to your work with a clearer mind.
When you identify a feeling or situation that is overwhelming or making you feel run down, you can pause and breathe, or move your body in a way that feels good for you. Instead of resisting the feelings and emotions, allow them to flow and give yourself permission to think and feel.
Coach Jean Sheridan explains:
Experiencing burnout can happen to anyone. It’s not a sign of weakness, it’s a signal that tells you when you’re doing too much, that you’ve lost your center, and that you’ve gone too long without focusing on wellness and self-care.
If you’re ready to change your practices and mindset to better support your well-being, TaskHuman coaches are ready to help! Reach out for a 1:1 call today.
Updated February 2025
