Days Plagued by Extreme Fatigue
Lately, my work-life balance has been severely disrupted due to my job responsibilities. I’ve been tasked with unfamiliar legal proceedings like lawsuits and enforcement actions, alongside M&A reviews and negotiations with stakeholders, all within a compressed timeline.
Fundamentally, my environment is disadvantageous. There’s insufficient support at work, and my job coverage has become excessively broad. Junior staff are still learning, and it appears they need more time.
The sheer volume of tasks has significantly escalated my mental fatigue. That’s why I took a day off today. Despite sleeping for extended hours over the weekend, I still feel overwhelmingly exhausted.
I don’t usually work overtime, but there’s been a mental overdrive, and it seems I’ve failed more at managing my energy than my time.
The fresh enthusiasm at the start of the year has faded. My resolutions keep disappearing, leading to a “reset” back to old habits. Some describe this as synchronizing with the environmental frequency.
This term resonates deeply with me. I’m cautious about tunneling—becoming overly sensitive or overly absorbed—because I keep getting swept away from my frequency by the surrounding atmosphere and environment.
Using Psychological Cards for Self-Assessment
I decided to use psychological cards, each representing different emotions and needs, to understand my current state and desires.
- Emotion Cards: I picked cards representing emotions I’ve strongly felt over the last two weeks—all negative. I’ve frequently felt irritable and angry, emotions that arose from situations requiring annoying, tiring tasks.
- Desired Emotions: Next, I chose cards representing emotions I wish to feel—fun, excitement, peace, happiness, and passion. I can hardly remember the last time I felt these emotions. Clearly, I am experiencing Burnout Syndrome, with a significant decline in my emotions, cognitive abilities, and health. It’s clear I need to stop and reverse my situation.
- Needs Cards: I chose cards representing my most important needs—freedom and love, with fun, health, peace, and relationships as supporting needs. Reflecting on my needs versus what’s necessary, I realized I need wealth (financial resources), wisdom, and courage to resolve this situation.
This vacation was a necessary break. It’s time to recalibrate my priorities, energy, and time management to find my true frequency again.
Writing this has made it clear that the best solution seems to be to either eliminate the unwanted environmental frequency or change it.
Jake