Bye Bye Burnout

Burn-out is no longer a foreign concept.

On the contrary, it is now lurking around every corner. And because it is already so widespread and it feels like every second person suffers from it in some form, it has already become the norm. That's why the symptoms are no longer even noticeable, because they are the topic of conversation with work colleagues or even privately in the coffee house or over a drink after work. Somehow everyone is beating about the same bush and it is no longer even noticeable.

Factors that lead to burnout:

• Too much workload
• Too little time
• Too little recognition
• Too little fun and passion

If you read these factors and look at them with a critical eye, the boundaries between work and private life become blurred, as they are equally applicable in both areas.

At work

Let us first examine the working environment and imagine the following situation: Whether you are (solo) self-employed or an employee, the demands are increasing, you have more and more to do, your to-do list is overflowing, and at the end of the day it is often longer than it was in the morning. And it's the same with your inbox. You have the feeling that you have achieved almost nothing, even though you have been busy all day. There are no results and you get no praise, no recognition, no pats on the back for all your efforts, neither from customers nor from colleagues or superiors. It's no wonder that you no longer need to look for fun and passion, because they are de facto non-existent. And at some point you ask yourself what you're actually doing all this for.

At home

Panning home: picking up the children, doing homework with them, taking them to ballet, breakdance, tennis, gymnastics or the skate hall, picking them up again, doing the shopping in the meantime, making or cancelling the dentist appointment, replying to school messages and organising the playdate for tomorrow. Of course, the housework is already done and dinner is ready. "Mum, I don't like the food and I also think you're being far too strict with us!" or "Don't you mind if I go for a beer with my colleagues anyway?" This is the form of praise and recognition that you don't exactly crave, and togetherness is the exception rather than the rule, as are fun and passion. And here, too, you may at some point ask yourself what you're actually doing all this for.

Bye bye burn out

• Reduce your workload, and that means prioritising, reducing and delegating accordingly
• Making time to defend and utilise the time you have created
• Actively ask for praise and recognition so that it becomes automatic
• Developing enjoyment and passion for all those tasks that do not already include them automatically

This is what mental wellness is all about. Laying the foundation to sustainably change the things that lead to burnout. Turning them around so that they act as a lever towards a clear head.

Yes, a weekend in a wellness hotel is exactly the valve described above, but it is not possible to take as much time out as the pressure cooker whistles. Unless there was a hotel that focussed not only on physical but also mental wellness, but how would that work?

This is exactly what the new managers of the Seehotel Jägerwirt on the Turracher Höhe have been working on, and they even have the patent on high flow time management, i.e. how to always have a clear head because you can achieve twice as much in half the time without burning out. They offer their guests exactly the environment and input they are looking for.

Podcast and YouTube tip: "Weekend from Wednesday"

The links can be found at www.wochenendeabmittwoch.com