Let me guess: life is feeling a little crazy for you right now, and maybe you’re wishing you knew some ways to avoid burnout (if you feel you could be heading in that direction).You too? Whew, that means I’m not alone (and also, it means you’re not either).This whole 2020/pandemic on the rise again/election/parenting/foster care/school unpredictability/daily life stressors thing has got me feeling like almost every single emoji at once.When I feel so many of these feels (and emoji faces) start to creep into my daily existence, I do what I tell all my clients and students…do the work.Wait, WAIT! It’s not THAT kind of work! It’s the work of taking care of YOU, the work of figuring out what you need and actually GIVING that to yourself. Don’t know what you need? Again, you’re not alone. So many people don’t know how to answer the question of what they need because they have never truly given themselves permission to ask that before. In all honesty, it might take you some time to figure out what you need to do the work of taking care of you and readjusting your sails a bit to make life feel more manageable. If you feel yourself heading toward burnout (aka you notice yourself having a short temper with the people you love, you feel tired all the time, you feel symptoms of anxiety like tightness in your chest or a lump in your throat, to name a few…) AND you want to know the exact ways to avoid burnout that I recommend (and that I practice!), here you go…