FFS: Are You the Unpaid Uber Driver?
Challenge: What burnout prevention tactics can you implement?
Client Win This Week
Some context - I check with clients on a scale of 1 to 10 on how they are feeling on situations they are dealing with. 1 is ‘comfortable, in control, not stressed’ and 10 is ‘agonizing, out of control, powerless’. Below is the text exchange with a client:
“Situation with fam has moved from a 9 to a 4 in 3+ months. I now understand that the person who I am worried about needs to own prob. Still worried but I need to take care of me. Until they own, not much I can do that will help so I’m focusing on me.”
Go Long in the Wild!
We’re on almost 3 weeks on the kidney stone. It apparently likes me. When does it require a name?
I’m still doing the 31-day challenge of getting outside for 10+ minutes within 15 minutes of waking up. On one of my morning walks, I saw this sign and thought ‘hmmmm… this could be used for many scenarios in life’. In spite of the kidney stone, my sleep has been steady with this habit.
Someone posted on LinkedIn asking the question around what’s the one habit that I’ve kept that has served me well over the years.
This wasn’t even hard.
My mom was the biggest pain in the ass on thank you notes when I was growing up. My Bat Mitzvah was a master class in writing them. Not just writing them, but knowing how to make them personalized. If something isn’t time sensitive, the power of a handwritten thank you note ALWAYS wins.
What about you? What’s the one habit that’s been your “GoTo” throughout your life?
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Talking about Boundaries and Burnout
We’re still on Burnout 101 but this week the topic was about the emotional labor that “doesn’t count” but makes a significant impact anyway. I covered embracing the “suck” in your journey when you feel alone in your quest here.
At work, emotional labor might look like volunteering to take meeting notes, ordering food for meetings, or subtly influencing executives to adopt your ideas as their own. This often leads to longer hours or unfinished tasks, contributing to high burnout rates among women over 40.
Emotional support at work often starts with being a confidante but can escalate quickly. I've found myself caught between senior executives venting about each other, which is exhausting. Eventually, I urged them to confront their issues directly—a conversation that never happened.
Sigh.
We’ll get into why I loathe the term “man up” in a future post.
Myth Monday
Unpopular take alert! Multitasking does NOT make you more productive. It also inhibits #sleep! When you multitask, you are putting your brain on constant overload with all of the context switching. Stay with me.....
The reality is that you execute quicker and with higher quality when you allow your brain to focus on one thing at a time. It costs brain power when you're constantly switching what you're doing.
Think this is impossible to change? I used to be a "Master Multitasker" until I realized my productivity wasn't what I thought it was. And with menopause symptoms, I really need to be mindful. How about you?
Challenge of the Week
Have you thought about some of the burnout prevention tactics that we’ve covered that you can implement? What are they? What seems doable and what seems insurmountable?
If you’re having trouble answering this question, book a call now. Go Long can help.
Thank you for spending time with Go Long. Your feedback and comments are always welcomed and appreciated.
Have a great weekend!
100% thank you notes. Something I still do and have instilled in Owen.