Set these boundaries on day one of your new job to protect from burnout

The late-night emailing, saying yes when your plate is already full—those burnout-friendly habits don’t have to follow you from one job to the next. 

One of the most overlooked perks of starting a new job is the opportunity to set new boundaries to protect yourself from burnout. The late-night emailing, saying yes when your plate is already full, unused paid time off (PTO) collecting dust—those burnout-friendly habits don’t have to follow you from one job to the next. 

And when it comes to changing your habits, that first-day-on-the-job feeling can help. Studies show that having a fresh start can make it easier for us to set and stick with new goals.

“We’re more open to change when we feel we have a chance to start anew,” Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy, coauthors of Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay, explain. “It’s also much easier to set expectations at the beginning of a job than to try to change things later down the road.”

All it takes is a little self-reflection on how burnout has manifested for you before and setting new boundaries with coworkers and yourself.

Read the complete Fast Company article BY HALEY GOLDBERG: https://www.fastcompany.com/90766665/set-these-boundaries-on-day-one-of-your-new-job-to-protect-from-burnout