5 Signs of Burnout

As controversial as this seems, I may be one of the only people in the world who was grateful for New York City being shut down on March 16th 2020. If I hadn’t have been forced to stop working, I am certain that I would have ended up being hospitalized as a result of exhaustion.

I was running around ‘on empty’ for some time.

A friend had been visiting NYC the summer before. We went for drinks and she noticed I wasn’t myself. I had become a shell of who I once I was. My friend told me I needed to take a couple of weeks off from everything I was doing. I told her she was right. The next week, I took a day off from my day job of teaching fitness. But that day, I somehow landed four auditions. So my day off was spent jumping on and off the subway, uptown and downtown and using a lot of physical and mental energy for each audition.

So I just kept on ‘going’ for another eight months.

Those months were made up of me teaching fitness full-time, auditioning at least ten times a week (may I add, gratefully so), working as a voiceover artist in audio narration, working with a publishing house to have a book published, Crossfit training five times a week, running thirty miles a week and planning a wedding.

As more days passed, I started to feel like a ghost.

I suddenly noticed, that during the hour break I had to pop home and feed my dog, I would sit down on my sofa and fall asleep within seconds unintentionally. I started to find that most people irritated me, I had always loved people but suddenly had no desire to see anyone apart from my husband.

I started to lose confidence and I began to feel worthless.

On Monday March 16th 2020, I taught what would be my last ever spin class as a result of a government order.

The next three weeks, I slept… and slept.

If it hadn’t have been for the fact that it had become illegal for me to go to work, I would never have stopped.

Below are 5 Signs of Burnout

If you feel like you may be on the verge of experiencing burnout, please hit pause. Try to take time out and talk to someone about how you are feeling.

Talking to someone will help. You can read more about that here.

Your health is to most important thing. Don’t take it for granted.

As always,

Live with Love,

The Bimbo in Limbo xxxx