96 Quotes About Burnout

The most fruitful breaks are often those we are or were forced to take by life.

Attitudes are contagious. Mine might kill you.

As helpers, we often feel the need to see our impact in tangible, measurable ways. We allow negative language into our head about the “broken system;” we look through a lens of “it doesn’t matter, I can’t make a difference”. These ideas are surely contributing to our burnout.

Just because you take breaks doesn’t mean you’re broken.

A restless mind makes a problem of a resting body.

Burnout exists because we’ve made rest a reward rather than a right.

My inner Billy Idol began to understand and my Rebel yell could be heard in the tiniest muscle of my body.

It helps to sometimes take a break by resting on your laurels.

I now know that surrendering, allowing, and “BE-ing” is far more productive than grasping for control. I don't know why one child is born with autism and another isn't, or why some children have to fight cancer and some don't. I have lived long enough to know that life is not fair, never will be fair, and we shouldn’t expect it to be.