Increase your resources

Free up time to increase the resources you have available to you, and reduce stress.

Stress comes from an imbalance between the pressures you experience and the resources you have available to deal with them. It’s not hard work that causes stress; it’s hard work without the resources you need to do the work. While you can’t give yourself more money, or hire an assistant, we can all take a more structured approach to our working day.

…demanding jobs are not necessarily the cause of burnout, but rather the individual’s ability to respond to those demands…

Hoek, S. (2022). Are you feeling burned out? Here is how to know the signs.

Cope with stressful situations by increasing the resources you have available. Being more organised will free up time in your schedule that you can allocate to the activities putting you under pressure.