Experiencing Burnout and Personal Boundaries Being Violated Happen Because We Don't Speak Up for Ourselves

Burnout and personal boundaries - The two are often found together because we don't know how to say 'No' to people who make demands of us.

Boundaries are kind of like fences around your property. They stop other people from using or abusing your property. They stop others from throwing their garbage on what belongs to you. If you have no fences, anyone can throw anything they want on your property, and chances are, they will.

Example? Some of us rarely say ‘no’ to people. We want to please them, and we say ‘yes’ to any and all requests for our time and involvement.

We attend meetings that don't really require our input. We allow people to interrupt us on the phone. We allow them to come into our office and talk. We allow them to continue speaking to us in ways that are irritating, and we make no objection.

There are a thousand and one ways that we allow people to violate our personal and professional standards.

That needs to stop. Burnout prevention and recovery require it. You need to rebuild those fences that protect your time, emotional energy and involvement so that you can be your best as you accomplish your priorities.

If need be, get stress management coaching to decide on strategies that will be best for you moving forward with this.

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