{"id":7391,"date":"2024-06-07T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealdaily.com\/?p=7391"},"modified":"2024-06-07T10:24:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:24:32","slug":"6-questions-to-determine-if-you-are-exhausted-and-feeling-burnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/editorials\/6-questions-to-determine-if-you-are-exhausted-and-feeling-burnout\/","title":{"rendered":"6 questions to determine if you are burnout and utterly exhausted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone feels the stress of the job. Even if you are one of the lucky few who holds what they deem their \u201cdream job,\u201d there are days where not everything is picture-perfect. With the technologically based world we live in, it\u2019s hard to deal with being constantly attainable. After we are through putting in our hours at the office, work continues to follow us home with every email that pops up in our inbox. The stress of not allowing yourself a significant work-life balance<\/a> can lead to work burnout.<\/p>\n

Burnout causes and effects<\/strong><\/p>\n

Studies in organizational communication have examined the causes and effects of workplace burnout. The causes are divided in dimensions of emotional exhaustion, lack of personal accomplishment, and depersonalization.<\/p>\n

With emotional exhaustion, a worker may feel fatigued, frustrated, and fed up with their work. Lack of personal accomplishment leads to feelings of failure or incapability.<\/p>\n

Finally, depersonalization causes a worker to feel like a cog in a machine, rather than a valued employee. As a result, they may begin to dislike coworkers.<\/p>\n

The effects of workplace burnout come in the form of physiological, attitudinal, and organizational. Physiological effects may see spikes in blood pressure and heart disease.<\/p>\n

Attitudinal effects see reduced job satisfaction and lower commitment to the organization. And, if burnout is continuously felt with a particular job, the organizational effect could be a high turnover rate.<\/p>\n

Ask yourself these six questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Steve Albrecht<\/a> posed six questions one must ask themselves to examine their level of workplace burnout. He suggested that the questions will determine whether one\u2019s workplace burnout is low, medium, or high.<\/p>\n

1. What do I like about my job?<\/em>
\nWhat aspects of the job help get you out of bed in the morning? Do you feel like you are doing something you\u2019re good at? Do you feel valued? These feelings, along with tangible aspects, such as salary and benefits, are important for anyone in any job to consider.<\/p>\n

2. What do I hate about my job?<\/em>
\nConsider the hours, pay, people, responsibilities, etc. Are these items helping or harming you in the workplace?<\/p>\n

3. What do my coworkers do that makes my job easier?<\/em>
\nColleagues can make or break a job. Many people often find themselves in workplace cohorts, as work is their main source of socialization. Are these people beneficial in that manner, in addition to being helpful with practical application?<\/p>\n

4. What do my coworkers do that makes my job harder?<\/em>
\nIf you\u2019re on the outskirts of the aforementioned cohorts, that can make the workplace less enjoyable. Are the people you\u2019re working alongside unprofessional? Do they neglect to help with tasks?<\/p>\n

5. What does my boss do that makes my job easier?<\/em>
\nMore so than coworkers, bosses have the ability to make or break the humanistic vibe of a job. If you have a firm, but caring boss, that can make all the difference. If your boss is someone you can go to with concerns, you may be less likely to feel stress in the workplace.<\/p>\n

6. What does my boss do that makes my job harder?<\/em>
\nFlip everything that was said in #5. If your boss is a nightmare, that is incredibly likely to lead to feeling unappreciated and ultimately stressed out with work.<\/p>\n

Every job is situational, but it is important to be aware of the toll that workplace burnout can take on you. Life is too short to settle. I understand that it\u2019s easier said than done, but if you are not happy with where you\u2019re at in your career, never stop looking for other opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six questions can determine your feelings of workplace stress and burnout, and knowing is the first step to curing the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337355,"featured_media":19736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[1772,2264,631,1234],"class_list":["post-7391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials","tag-burn-out","tag-burnt-out","tag-mental-health","tag-real-estate-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/burnout-and-exhausted-person-sleeping-on-table-at-cafe.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7391"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21276,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7391\/revisions\/21276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}