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ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
despite vowing to myself that i wouldnt allow it to happen again.... it has.
once again ive pushed myself too hard, and have crashed in a heap.
i love keeping busy - with uni, work, circussy stuff, friends, food, books, running camps for kids, art etc. but seem to have this habit of doing too much and then fizzling out to the point of zero motivation.
im not trawling for hugs or sympathy, because i know that all it takes is time to gather myself. at the moment, emails are unread, letter unopened, phone off, room untidied, diary out of date, job applications unfilled... its strange how easy it is to drop off the planet for a while.
maybe its just the mood of the day.
would type more, but in line with my general thoughts, i couldnt be bothered.
what about other experiences of burnout?
despite vowing to myself that i wouldnt allow it to happen again.... it has.
once again ive pushed myself too hard, and have crashed in a heap.
i love keeping busy - with uni, work, circussy stuff, friends, food, books, running camps for kids, art etc. but seem to have this habit of doing too much and then fizzling out to the point of zero motivation.
im not trawling for hugs or sympathy, because i know that all it takes is time to gather myself. at the moment, emails are unread, letter unopened, phone off, room untidied, diary out of date, job applications unfilled... its strange how easy it is to drop off the planet for a while.
maybe its just the mood of the day.
would type more, but in line with my general thoughts, i couldnt be bothered.
what about other experiences of burnout?
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
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comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
comfortably numb
2,676 posts
Location: The countryside, Australia
Posted:
Lazyness is mine.
I completely collapse and sleep for days in row....at least I want to sleep for days in a row but I'm forced to go to school, and boy...just how much motivation do I have for that?...Zero. >_<
Lazyness is mine.
I completely collapse and sleep for days in row....at least I want to sleep for days in a row but I'm forced to go to school, and boy...just how much motivation do I have for that?...Zero. >_<
.All things are beautiful if we take the time to look.
feminine tiddly pom
505 posts
Location: cambs england
505 posts
Location: cambs england
Posted:
kinda,not quite same but ive been spending a lot of time with my older brother and his friends. ive barely seen my mates. now i cant be bothered to look for work, or go out, cept to get bladdered.
not very healthy
but during exams i was a hermit in my room, didnt take long to get in the swings of things afterwards!
just chill out (ja no wot i meen?)
kinda,not quite same but ive been spending a lot of time with my older brother and his friends. ive barely seen my mates. now i cant be bothered to look for work, or go out, cept to get bladdered.
not very healthy
but during exams i was a hermit in my room, didnt take long to get in the swings of things afterwards!
just chill out (ja no wot i meen?)
in state of metamorphosis
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
I understand. Yesterday was a beautiful day...and what did I do all day? I drove to my mother's house, picked up an entire truck full of stuff for my apartment, then unpacked it in my place, then went to my old house to deal with some stuff I'd left there, brought it back here and unpacked it, then ran to CompUSA to get an S-Video cable so that I can watch DVD's in my new apartment, then to the drugstore to get shaving cream and shampoo, and then it was 10 PM.
And today, after swim workout, I will go to Toledo to help my friend with her garage sale. Then I need to gt plane tickets to go to Burning Man, then I need to work on my Personal Statement and CV and then Patrick and I are going to get our HIV test results.
And this is a WEEKEND.
I need a vacation from myself.
I understand. Yesterday was a beautiful day...and what did I do all day? I drove to my mother's house, picked up an entire truck full of stuff for my apartment, then unpacked it in my place, then went to my old house to deal with some stuff I'd left there, brought it back here and unpacked it, then ran to CompUSA to get an S-Video cable so that I can watch DVD's in my new apartment, then to the drugstore to get shaving cream and shampoo, and then it was 10 PM.
And today, after swim workout, I will go to Toledo to help my friend with her garage sale. Then I need to gt plane tickets to go to Burning Man, then I need to work on my Personal Statement and CV and then Patrick and I are going to get our HIV test results.
And this is a WEEKEND.
I need a vacation from myself.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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old hand
1,107 posts
Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
old hand
1,107 posts
Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
Posted:
When you're asked a question and the answer is always "Can't be arsed" then it's burnout.
I find it helps enormously to make an effort to start on something brainless but active; don't do job applications if you're monged out to infinity, go for a walk, sit on the beach and listen to the surf. It starts picking up from there.
Though if you seriously can't be arsed then ice cream and Pepsi Max will get you hyper enough to start.
When you're asked a question and the answer is always "Can't be arsed" then it's burnout.
I find it helps enormously to make an effort to start on something brainless but active; don't do job applications if you're monged out to infinity, go for a walk, sit on the beach and listen to the surf. It starts picking up from there.
Though if you seriously can't be arsed then ice cream and Pepsi Max will get you hyper enough to start.
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
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Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Insert Champagne Here
13,215 posts
Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
or this stuff called hales that you can get from asian groceries (its Thai) and its basically liquid sugar!
burning out is whats happnening to me right now.
it usually happens to me at the end of the rowing season; after about 5 months of training at least 5 days a week (and 7 for most of the time) and then when school went back - having to sit through 6 periods a day...i reached the end of the season and just crashed. my health was screwed up, i was sick, thin as a rake (for a number of reasons) and just so mentally in desperate need to relax. i took 2 weeks off everthing and refused to do any exercise for 2 weeks!
or this stuff called hales that you can get from asian groceries (its Thai) and its basically liquid sugar!
burning out is whats happnening to me right now.
it usually happens to me at the end of the rowing season; after about 5 months of training at least 5 days a week (and 7 for most of the time) and then when school went back - having to sit through 6 periods a day...i reached the end of the season and just crashed. my health was screwed up, i was sick, thin as a rake (for a number of reasons) and just so mentally in desperate need to relax. i took 2 weeks off everthing and refused to do any exercise for 2 weeks!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
enthusiast
231 posts
Location: Byron Bay Australia
231 posts
Location: Byron Bay Australia
Posted:
It is ok to go hard and burn out sometimes, as long as we let ourselves be lazy and recover for long enough and as long as our time being burnt out isn't more than half of the time we're feeling energised.
If that makes sense?
It is ok to go hard and burn out sometimes, as long as we let ourselves be lazy and recover for long enough and as long as our time being burnt out isn't more than half of the time we're feeling energised.
If that makes sense?
Live, love, laugh and dance!
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
Winter in sydney!
even bad haiku cannot,
quell summer's soon.
Winter in sydney!
even bad haiku cannot,
quell summer's soon.
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professional pedant
137 posts
Location: Bristol
137 posts
Location: Bristol
Posted:
there is a haiku
for every time of day.
this is one for now
edit
apologies 
EDITED_BY: borismcnorris (1091528029)
there is a haiku
for every time of day.
this is one for now
edit
apologies EDITED_BY: borismcnorris (1091528029)
A warrior always returns to the fray. He never does so out of stubbornness, but because he has noticed a change in the weather - Paulo Coelho
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
i think it's grad school. major inducer of burnout. i haven't recovered yet.
i think it's grad school. major inducer of burnout. i haven't recovered yet.
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
remind yourself of the beautiful feeling.
remind yourself of the beautiful feeling.
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member
55 posts
Location: a mountaintop in Colorado, USA
member
55 posts
Location: a mountaintop in Colorado, USA
Posted:
Maybe it'll help to try to remember all the things that are going well. Sometimes I make a list with silly easy things on it- maybe I've already done them- just so i can cross 'em off and feel like i accomplished something.
Maybe it'll help to try to remember all the things that are going well. Sometimes I make a list with silly easy things on it- maybe I've already done them- just so i can cross 'em off and feel like i accomplished something.
take the schneak-tip
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spiny norman
314 posts
Location: Cincinnati,damn it, USA
spiny norman
314 posts
Location: Cincinnati,damn it, USA
Posted:
Toledo kinda scares me....whatever
maybe firespinning is a metephor for life, you dip into the fuel, get really excited about it, you lite up and then everything gets going and its furious and brilliant and you love it and then..... you burn out, no more flame.... and then you realize that your exahusted, but you still remember what it felt like and you know that it will all happen again
wow that sounded really stupid, but im going to post it anyways
peace/fire
Toledo kinda scares me....whatever
maybe firespinning is a metephor for life, you dip into the fuel, get really excited about it, you lite up and then everything gets going and its furious and brilliant and you love it and then..... you burn out, no more flame.... and then you realize that your exahusted, but you still remember what it felt like and you know that it will all happen again
wow that sounded really stupid, but im going to post it anyways
peace/fire
if you think that our kiss was all in the lips, come on you got it all wrong man, and if you think that our dance was all in the hips then, oh well, do the twist -The White Stripes
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part of the lonely trio
137 posts
Location: Hastings, England
part of the lonely trio
137 posts
Location: Hastings, England
Posted:
I get like that so much! Unless I make a huge effort not to, I can end up wasting a few straight weeks of my life doing nowt due to no motivation. It's a scary thought, but hey.
Music that can put a smile on your face wherever you are. That's always an inspiration. mmm.
Written by: Eera
When you're asked a question and the answer is always "Can't be arsed" then it's burnout.
I get like that so much! Unless I make a huge effort not to, I can end up wasting a few straight weeks of my life doing nowt due to no motivation. It's a scary thought, but hey.
Music that can put a smile on your face wherever you are. That's always an inspiration. mmm.
smells like burning teenagers..
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slack rating - 9.5
2,216 posts
Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
slack rating - 9.5
2,216 posts
Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
what about those days that just dissapear and you don't seem to have got anything done before it's gone... and then you've got loadsa stuff to do and no time to do it!
what about those days that just dissapear and you don't seem to have got anything done before it's gone... and then you've got loadsa stuff to do and no time to do it!
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
Some things are more precious when you have it taken away from you. I cannot recommend my own experience to anyone, but suffice to say greivious injuries truly make you appreciate what twirling you can't do.
Some things are more precious when you have it taken away from you. I cannot recommend my own experience to anyone, but suffice to say greivious injuries truly make you appreciate what twirling you can't do.
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