Freedom's Touch Consulting Vicki L. Jackson vicki@freedomstouch.com

Tips to Avoiding Burn-out

1. Work stays at work. Pray before you leave the office to be released of the office when you enter your home.

2. Write 5 blessings of the day in a journal before you leave the office.

3. When you call your spouse on the way home, let it be to tell him you love him/her, not to complain about the day.

4. Only share the positive work stories with your children. Allow them to see your passion and not your pain in the job. When you discuss your stress with them it only keeps it on your mind and burdens them.

5. Set a time boundary for emails and work at home. Example: No emails after 6:30 pm.

6. Don't do the "one more thing" after you leave the office. This turns into many more things and steals your time. Practice saying, " It can wait."

7. Don't be "self-conscious" but be "Christ conscious." Be secure in the Holy Spirit led decisions you made at the office and release it when you arrive at home.

8. Keep a list of things you enjoy and do them!

9. Release yourself. Create an edification environment. Remind yourself and your family that Christ loves in spite of faults and failures.

10.Be the tenacious leader God has empowered you to be. You are powerful, sharp, secure, discerning, and bold through the power of the Holy Spirit.