Getting off the Hamster Wheel (Before You Burnout)

Hacking Your ADHD

William Curb

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Exhausted, empty, overloaded, unable to cope - these are some of the words I'll find myself using when I'm feeling burned out or on the path to burnout. We tend to find ourselves in burnout after prolonged periods of stress - it isn't something that sets in all at once. It isn't that we finally have a straw that breaks the camel's back, instead we just eventually find ourselves waking up one morning and realizing we just can't even. We find that we've lost our passion and drive for everything in front of us. We might still find ways to be productive but we tend to be robotic about it and it just drains us more and more.

Burnout is hard. Today we're going to start out by discussing what burnout actually is and I'm also going to talk about some of the times I hit burnout. We're also going to be looking at what we can do to prevent burn and then what to do if we still hit burnout anyways.

For full show notes go to:
HackingYourADHD.com/burnout

Today's Top Tips

Burnout consists of three parts - exhaustion (both mental and physical), loss of meaning in our work, and a feeling ineptitude. Burnout is a slow grind and we've got to pay attention to why we're feeling unmotivated when doing tasks we normally enjoy.
We want to prevent burnout by setting healthy boundaries around our work, prioritizing self-care, and remembering to take time off. Not comparing ourselves to others and accepting that our ADHD makes things hard will also help us with not feeling like we're so far behind everyone else.
If we do hit burnout, we need to reassess what are needs are and identify what was causing us to burnout. Take sometime off and figure out what really matters to you. We often hit burnout when our rewards don't match our efforts.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Hacking Your ADHD, part of the ADHD Rewired Podcast Network. I'm your host,
0:10.3	William Kerb, and I have ADHD. On this podcast, I dig into the tools, tactics, and best
0:15.9	practices to help you work with your ADHD brain. Exhausted, empty, overloaded, unable to cope?
0:23.6	These are some of the words I'll find myself using when I'm burned out or on the path
0:27.8	to burnout.
0:28.7	We tend to find ourselves in burnout after prolonged periods of stress.
0:32.6	It isn't something that sets in all at once.
0:35.0	It isn't that we finally have a straw that breaks the camels back. Instead,
0:38.4	we just eventually find ourselves waking up one morning and realizing we just can't even. We find
0:43.7	that we've lost our passion and drive for everything in front of us. We might find ways to still be
0:48.0	productive, but we tend to be robotic about it, and it just trains us more and more. Burnout is hard.
0:58.0	Today, we're going to be discussing what burnout actually is, and I'm also going to talk about some of the times I hit burnout. We're going to be looking at what we can do to prevent
1:02.0	burnout and then what to do if we still hit burnout anyways.
1:05.0	If you'd like to follow along on the show notes page, you can find that at Hacking Your ADHD.com slash burnout.
1:12.9	Before we get started, though, I wanted to let you know about the 20th season of ADHD
1:17.3	rewired's coaching and accountability groups, which are going to be starting on April 8th.
1:22.3	I went through the groups all the way back in the 11th season, and I have been an active member
1:26.4	of the alumni group since. Participating in the coaching groups was so much more than I imagined, and I have been an active member of the alumni group since.
1:28.2	Participating in the coaching groups was so much more than I imagined, and it has been one of the
1:31.9	driving factors that got this podcast off the ground. The first registration event has already
1:36.7	happened, and spots are limited. If you're interested in joining this 10-week program, go to
1:41.0	coaching rewired.com and click the big green button to get invited to the second
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