Want a break??

I think many of us dream of a break. Ideally a desert island, with plenty of food, a simple life and no-one to bother us, right? But at one point I sometimes literally fantasised about a little coma, or something else not too painful or dangerous that would give me a hospital bed for, say, a couple of weeks, unable to do any work or take care of anyone or anything. I was just so exhausted! And I couldn’t think of a way to break the circle of unending work and taking care of the family I found myself in.

What I (and most of us) didn’t realise, and couldn’t see for myself, was that the exhaustion and burnout didn’t come as much from all the things I was doing, but actually from my brain constantly THINKING about all the stuff I had to do, hadn’t done or should have done better. It wasn’t until a coach pointed out to me what I was doing to myself, that I was able to break free from that circle, and decided to go back to working as a veterinarian and ENJOY it.

So, here are the main two takeaways that served me massively and made me want to work as a vet again. They may serve you to do the same WITHOUT having to go into a coma or crash a plane on a desert island first:

1. It doesn’t matter how busy you are in your life: what exhausts you is how you HANDLE and PERCEIVE the time you have. I can have a non-stop 14h night shift and come out energised (until I hit the pillow), or I can seem to do nothing a whole day, and be so frustrated it tires me out.
2. You don’t HAVE to do anything. Every day, you CHOOSE to do what you do. You CHOOSE to go to work, call that client, operate on that dog. You could CHOOSE to stay at home, watch Netflix and go on the dole. You might lose your house and get a divorce, and have hungry children, but it’s a CHOICE. Everytime you tell yourself you HAVE to do anything, it feels like a weight on your shoulders. Make sure you don’t keep telling yourself the “have” word.

In your corner,

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