Get a good night's sleep in terms of coming into the work place and being your best self. A second point is get getting that colleague to come out and have a coffee with you early on. If you're emotionally exhausted, if you feel emotionally exhausted, aside from sleep, find a group of people that you trust who can kind of rejuvenate you.
Working long hours won’t necessarily burn us out, but getting too little sleep or feeling unappreciated might. Women commonly face extra stressors, like office chores or doing a “second shift” at home, that can leave us exhausted. And once we’re burned out, it usually takes more than a few yoga classes or going on vacation to feel like ourselves again.
Mandy O’Neill, an expert on workplace well-being, explains the causes, symptoms, and repercussions of burnout. She suggests several antidotes (including laughing with your colleagues) and ways to protect ourselves from experiencing it in the first place.
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