Crashing after taking on too much is real, especially mom burnout. Working rest and recharge into your regular routine is a lifesaver! But how?

It's possible to live a fulfilled amazing life without living burnout. It takes some planning and effort to focus on what's most important, and letting go of what truly isn't, but it's possible!

Energy Fluctuations

Humans expend and create energy. As we eat, we are able to use that food as an energy source. And as we work, we use that energy.

The issue is, that most of us (especially moms) work at a rate faster than we can recharge. From our jobs, to parenthood, to keeping up with the house and life itself, we tend to run ourselves into the ground.

Our energy fluctuates each day, week, month, year. And today's world makes us feel like we need to push and push and push or we aren't being the best we can be.

Women especially, are positioned to feel like if they aren't doing it all then they aren't good enough. Taking a break paints us in a picture of laziness, or having no ambition.

The result of no breaks

As we continue to push and do all the things faster than we can replenish our energy, it's like taking one step forward, two steps back. Eventually that becomes three steps and then four until eventually you collapse.

The eventual crash is what we call burnout. And mom burnout is especially a huge problem today.

We have so much on our plates, and feel the need to do it all and please everyone. The problem is that we don't include ourselves in that "everyone."

While we try and do it all, we start to burn down the vehicle that we need to do so. Our bodies. And society gives the impression that we should keep going.

Eventually, our bodies begin to break down. Our mental health suffers and our physical health is not far behind. Being overtired and stressed has profound effects.

The cycle then continues that when we go to the doctor, many treat the effects instead of the problem. We are prescribed medications to bandaid the root of the issue.

Rest and Recharge

Today's world is a go go go life. When we are down, let's splint the problem instead of fix it. And that can lead to ultimate breadown.

I have been there, hitting the brick wall. And until I started to work on the main issue, I was doing too much, I wasn't able to truly get better.

We need to incorporate rest and recharge into our lives. For most of us, this means reevaluating everything and focusing on the most important.

While at first you may think that's not possible, if you reframe the thoughts and focus on how you won't be able to do any of it if you burnout completely, then you realize that some is better than none.

Prioritizing what you want in life is a good first step. Starting with the most important things, the things you truly cannot live without. Even within those, taking a step back and looking at what tasks you need to do to make those function.

We often add more to our plate than necessary. Is it really going to be way more memorable if our kids first birthday party looks like an add in a magazine instead of buying some food and decor and focusing the time having fun with those you love?

Most of the time the answer is no. We don't need to do everything to perfection. We are the only ones noticing the details. It's us that needs to take a breath and step back.