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1/ When you have full control of your schedule and enjoy your work, it’s harder to avoid overworking than underworking.
There’s always another article to read, edit to make, congregant to call.
How do you avoid burnout or neglecting friends and family outside work?
There’s always another article to read, edit to make, congregant to call.
How do you avoid burnout or neglecting friends and family outside work?
2/ Here’s something that has worked for me.
Create a skeleton schedule that includes (1) the minimum number of hours you need to work in a week and (2) the essentials of your job.
Create a skeleton schedule that includes (1) the minimum number of hours you need to work in a week and (2) the essentials of your job.
3/ For example, if you’re writing a dissertation, you might commit to working at least 40 hrs and writing 1500 words per week.
Maybe you’ll work or accomplish more than that on some or most weeks. When you do, you’ll feel great—you’ve going above and beyond the minimum.
Maybe you’ll work or accomplish more than that on some or most weeks. When you do, you’ll feel great—you’ve going above and beyond the minimum.
4/ But when you need to dial things back to the minimum—from exhaustion or obligation—you can do so without guilt, because you *have* reasonable, clear standards for yourself.
I’ve been doing this since I started pastoring two years ago; I wish I had started in grad school.
I’ve been doing this since I started pastoring two years ago; I wish I had started in grad school.
5/ There will be times when you need to do more than dial back work to a minimum, of course (to take a vacation or sabbatical). But a reasonable, clear skeleton schedule might help you avoid burnout or neglecting others in the ordinary, week-to-week rhythm of the year.
