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No, sorry, I can’t have a spontaneous drink tonight. Sorry to cancel again, but I’ve been doing too much lately and I’m too tired right now. Sorry, I can’t come to the event; I am too tired. Sorry, I was going to vlog, but I’ve got too much going on so I’m just focusing on my blog right now…
Unfortunately, I say these words regularly.. And I hate it. Although I can certainly see that I am happier than before my burnout, that I do what makes me happy, I am sometimes disappointed. I sometimes hate the fact that I get tired so quickly, that going on holiday no longer naturally feels like relaxation, but something that I still have to recover from for weeks… That I exercise regularly, but that I have to be careful not to exercise too much. exercise because otherwise my body won’t recover and I feel tired again.
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These are all things that are part of life for me now, that are part of life after my burnout. Things I never actually talk about, because I can’t change anything about it. All I can do is accept it and be patient. But I still wanted to share this with you. So that you don’t think that everything is going great for me after my burnout, while you keep running into problems.
Because I also keep running into things. Sometimes it drives me crazy that I have to cancel people again or that I hardly meet up with anything anymore, for fear that I will have to cancel again. It’s part of it, it’s no different, but it’s not always fun. And that may well be said.
Fortunately, there is also another side to it… fortunately I now see that I have found myself. I see that I am now able to relax, that I have found new hobbies, that I have met new people thanks to my burnout.
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I realize that I dare to be myself, that I dare to make choices regardless of what other people think. I see that I am stronger than ever, I am no longer afraid.
I’m no longer afraid of being alone, I’m no longer afraid of the opinions of others, I’m no longer afraid of the unknown because I know that everything will turn out fine in the end, one way or another…
So if you are also disappointed by the moments when you notice that you are still not yourself, that you are still struggling with your burnout, then know that you can also be very proud of yourself. Because the fact that you are going through this or have gone through this makes you stronger than ever! Look at how far you’ve come, of course you can be disappointed sometimes, but don’t forget to be very proud of yourself.
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