Burnout. It’s real. You don’t have to tell yourself, 

I should be working harder. I’m just being lazy. 

 

It’s so real that I quitted my job because it got too much. It got to a point where there was nothing I looked forward to. I wanted to get through the week, but even after getting to Friday, I wasn’t excited about anything during the weekend. 

 

Maybe you feel like that. That work is an endless cycle of waking up, going to your desk at home, looking at the computer, sitting at more Zoom calls, trudging through work, and it never seems to end.

 

Sure, working from home is a great freedom, and you appreciate it…but where does work end and where does life start? 

 

Burnout is a problem that we’ve been thinking a lot about. We’ve thought a lot about what would work. Because we knew that the conventional strategies weren’t working. Like take leave! Go on a holiday! Take a break! Explore more! Have fun! Do less work! 

 

There were two problems with this. 

 

You may think burnout is because of what’s happening outside you. 

Firstly, all these solutions are outward-facing. Burnout is about something external. Your work. Your environment. COVID! It just makes you feel more out of control, doesn’t it? You can’t stop COVID from mutating. Or tell your boss to stop giving you work (unless you want to get sacked!)

 

You may think burnout is something you need to do something about. 

Secondly, these solutions took the perspective that burnout was a problem you had to do something to resolve. It failed to see that burnout is also something you learn to be with. You learn to live with burnout. Or you end up feeling more powerless. 

 

That’s why you may want this. 

We wrote One Day at a Time to help you break past burnout. To feel excited about work again. To look forward to the weekend again. To really be with people you love again (rather than thinking about the email you haven’t sent). 

 

With 21 prompts to think about, it starts being an active cycle of change. Change that lasts. 

 

You’ve probably had enough of another article talking about 101 ways to self-care (oh I sent you something like that too, right?)

 

You’re sick and tired of another quick hack that you try, which ends up not sticking. Or another ‘team-bonding’ event that makes you feel good for 2 hours, and then worse for the 2 days after that as you struggle with the outstanding work. 

 

You don’t have to make a dying at work. 

It’s time to make a living too. 

One Day at a Time can help. 

 

 

John