This is what life after burnout looks like

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I want to tell you about the results of an experiment I've been running for nearly a year since I had a burnout in November 2018.

When I burned out, I had to let go my biggest consulting clients and lost 80% of my income.

Since I had to start my business again from scratch, I thought: I may as well do things differently.

For one year, I decided to see what would happen if I put my mental, physical and emotional health first over clients, over opportunities, over money.

My health was in such bad shape that I was willing for my career to take a hit if that’s what it had to take.

So I took the risk.

The results might surprise you...

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Imogen Roy is a Strategy Coach who helps help entrepreneurial people to be more prolific, productive and present in their life and business.

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Burnout is the best thing that ever happened to me. It made me realise that nobody was going to come in and stop me from being self-destructive, it was up to me to set boundaries for myself and decide what I wanted.

schoo
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I found this exactly when I needed it. I’m fully exhausted, I feel like I reached a breaking point, I quit my job, and everyone around me is currently questioning me. I need people like you to assure me it will be alright.

Hebiscus
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I don't know why your vid showed up on my YOUTUBE, but your video was more inspiring than any others. I just quit my job for my mental health. From Japan.

MFUGEE
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Wow! “When I put myself first, everyone around me benefits.” So totally inspiring!

brooklynnpauline
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There's a story in the bible where Jesus visits Martha and Mary which is actually about this topic. Martha is running around frantically trying to do everything all the while Mary is sat at the foot of Jesus listening to every word he's saying. Martha complains bitterly to Jesus about her doing all the work while Mary "Does nothing". Jesus gently rebukes her and tells her that all this running about is a complete waste of time while Mary, sitting down as she was, is the one who has it figured out. The world wants you frantic, chasing our own tails, burning ourselves out, we have to resist that and never engage with that mentality no matter who is putting pressure on us to do so.

eoinMB
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Burnout can be disastrous. I was near the edge some time back and managed to avoid it. It's not worth it. If you're body and mind are not there, nothing is worth

TiagrajI
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On a larger scale, I worked for a company that was the result of 4 business merging. We were "drowning" in customers. The owner decided to double our prices. We lost half our clients, kept the other half and gave them better service. We ended up being the expensive bid, but the best and on time. Lesson: Pick your market and don't try to be everything to everyone.

Paul-ourx
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This was exactly my experience. I'm a stay at home mum. Had no sleep for years. 1 of my 3 kids has Tourette's and autism and ADHD and I would rush in the daytime to get my mummy jobs done before spending the last 6 hrs of the day stopping my son from aggressively and violently trying to harm others. Then we got a dog and I remember taking it for a lovely walk around the block, taking our time. I had mothers saying 'gee I wish I could take a walk instead of rushing to work but some of us have to!' it's hard not to feel guilty but if I didn't take the time out and accept I am working enough as a mummy, I would have had a heart attack by now.

nicolii
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“I’m so confident in my ability to get it done that I don’t stress.” Brilliant. TY 🙏New subscriber 💕

PaperKitty
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Suffered burnout recently and desperately trying to recover. I am so grateful for people like you sharing your journey. Thank you so much!!!

leticiamentz
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girl, I'm with ya on this whole hard thing. I was so fed up with my previous job that I just left cuz it gotten soooo toxic mentally for me-- I felt soooo much better after walking out that door and seeking a better opportunity. God bless ya!

malloryjames
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By putting my needs, health, welfare, wants, first in my life, and by refusing to get married or have kids, people also call me selfish.
They just want me to be a sacrificial plowhorse. But I never will. I mastered saying "NO" years ago.

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A burn-out resembles trauma. Everything collapses for a while.

mariamkinen
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A visit to the emergency room years ago got my attention real quick. I thought I was having a heart attack. I took my doctors advice to slow down and I did. Never had another episode.

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As an RN, I have had several nurses I knew professionally commit suicide over the last ten years. All due to unrelenting stress and anxiety at work. However, it is terrible how the suicide rate in this occupation is not even a concern to the powers who create the environment that leads to such an end !!

johnberry
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Hi, thanks a lot for this video. It randomly popped up in my homepage and the title caught my interest since I'm in a phase where I'm trying to redesign my future at work after a hell of a year. 2020 was a journey with no boundaries, my inability to say NO when it's worth has driven me into a crazy world where I was always inline to guarantee success on unrealistic milestones and this took me away from my family and myself. Yes, I've been falling as victim feeling guilty for dropping what comes in excess, but I learned that taking commitments without resonable limitations doesn't work in the long term, you just hurt yourself and you pay for it with a higher price later and your experience now makes me feel I'm doing the right thing in redesigning my future. Now I'm on a break for end of year holidays, recovering my energies with the target of preparing myself to get back smarter. Have a great 2021. Cheers!!

johnregis
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I hate working. I was in burnout myself. Always they want you to do more and preferably their work too... I quit my job and now live my happy sabbath year. This is amazing!!!

erakkovaatainen
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I left because of burnout. I looked at myself and said, this is enough.

bagobeans
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I know where you're coming from. Had 3 burnouts in 2.5 years, back in the day when it was called "managers disease", so you got to take 2 or 3 months of "vacation" to recharge. Nothing really changed, so I was at it again, completely ott. Thank you for this video. Unfortunately I never really got to change my work habit, I'm still all in and going strong until I break down.

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this is so timely for me. I have three jobs and a self-run freelance side gig, and I haven't had a full day off for 2-3 weeks. I've had a migraine for 5 days straight. This made me feel less crazy for trying to increase my freelancing so I can get rid of my full-time, most exhausting, job.

lanilynn