#1
Have you ever experienced burnout? If so, what is the best way to deal with burnout?
Burnout is a problem seen throughout students in university as well as high school. From experience, both high school and college can be challenging periods, in which a lot of expected from students. A lot is expected of students throughout their academic year, and at times it can be hard to cope. This problem can become even tougher for those who are working and studying at the same time. Due to tough classes, after long periods of time, students can easily get tired out. Consequently, burnout can result from too much stress as well as long period of working hard, without enough breaks. From my experiences with burnout, it is important to make time for yourself. For example, I take a few nights off a week to watch a movie with friends or to relax when I have a less busy week. If you have had a similar experience of facing burnout, what did you do in order to combat it?
Source: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/burnout/art-20046642#:~:text=Job%20burnout%20is%20a%20special,as%20depression%2C%20are%20behind%20burnout .
#2
How does the Work-From-Home paradigm change the way we understand traditional workplace stressors?
We are learning about stress in the work place and methods that individuals and organizations use to decrease the stress that they experience. Stress is thought of as a induced by any number of stressors, which can fall into several different categories. Categories include psychological stressors and physical stressors. Examples of psychological stressors include the demands of the job, that is, pacing, workload, and shift type. They can also include aspects of the environment, such as noise and dangers. On the other hand, Psychological stressors include lack of control, interpersonal conflict, incivility, and work-family conflict.
Work-From-Home changes this up a lot by changing the environment of the employee, and therefore the possible stressors that he or she might experience. What stressors are the same? Which ones may be totally different in this new paradigm?
