If your Monday morning work routine already has you fantasizing about the weekend, you might be showing signs of burnout. It’s somewhat different than job-related stress. Experts say stress is usually short-term—maybe you have an important project deadline looming—but exhaustion occurs when stressors such as a lack of autonomy or feeling your work doesn’t really matter never seem to go away.
To fight burnout, it helps to know a few of the symptoms. Dreading going to work, high absenteeism, lack of energy in and out of work, insomnia, and irritability can all be signs of burnout.
So, what can you do to prevent burnout setting in on the job? Here are 10 tips. Let’s start with the ones concerning basic self-care—things you need to do every day.