Here are a few signs that you gotta slow down and take a break.
Remember, your mental health matters.
You shouldnt ignore the signs that you’re gonna wanna relax.
Emma Dau
You cant handle even the slightest inconveniences.
If something small goes wrong, you feel yourself losing control.
Youre mentally and physically exhausted.
It doesnt matter how many hours of sleep you get per night.
You never wake up feeling refreshed.
You always want to hit snooze and head straight back to bed.
Youre way more excited to sleep at night than to start your day in the morning.
Youre lacking motivation.
Your energy is at an all-time low, and its been this way for a while.
You just arent in the mood.
You have no desire to get work done.
The passion that you used to have for your work is missing.
You start procrastinating.
Youreallydont want to work.
You would rather be sleeping.
Or doing the laundry.
Or literally anything other than getting to work.
You find yourself starting your day later and later.
Its hard for you to roll out of bed.
Even if you didnt hate what you were doing before, youre starting to hate aspects of it now.
You have trouble concentrating.
Youre always zoning out and daydreaming when youre supposed to be focusing on work.
Nothing is wrong, exactly.
Your mind is in a fog.
It keeps wandering and you keep making silly mistakes that you would normally pick up on right away.
You feel no sense of accomplishment.
You always feel like you should be doing more.
Even when you have a super productive day, you arent proud of yourself.
You feel no satisfaction with all your hard work.
In fact, you feel like a failure.
You feel like youre never going to succeed, and arent sure what step comes next.
You have headaches or stomachaches brought on by work.
Your emotions are more connected to your body than you think.
If youre overstressed, you might start feeling sick.
You might feel like youre falling apart, physically and emotionally.
Crying has become an everyday thing.
Youre so frustrated by your work that you break into tears on a daily basis.
Youre at a point where what youre doing is emotionally draining you.
Whether theyre tears of frustration or anger, you shouldnt be crying every single day because of your stress.
If youre in literal tears, you gotta give yourself a well-needed break.
