The Week It All Stopped: Burnout Recovery for Busy Women
- May 7
- 3 min read
This time last week, I’d had it up to here (imagine me stretching my hands as far as they can go). There was way too much going on: creating & scheduling posts for 2 businesses, making sure 2 kids get off to school on time, cleaning a house I thought was a mess but others may look at me crazy, managing staff at work, running to practices & social gatherings…all while trying to get a piece of rest.
Nowhere did that look promising or feasible, so I debated with myself for almost a day. I couldn’t decide between pushing through to handle my load or pushing away & letting off some steam. My attitude was on super rude, tolerance level for anything was nonexistent, & I was so tired I couldn’t think straight. I knew I needed to rest, but the go-getter, people pleasing Superwoman in me couldn’t get past letting people down & owing them an explanation for me going MIA for awhile.
Ultimately, I decided to restore myself: mind, body, & soul. And to top it off, I didn’t post the reason for me going missing. Husbae promptly told me that I don’t owe a soul an explanation for choosing myself. So…this is the first & only real thing I did for engagement all week, & this is how the last 5 days have gone…
Putting my laptop away & not paying it any mind.
Not cooking & heading straight to the recliner couch in my bedroom with the remote to navigate whichever streaming platform piqued my interest. I didn’t even care what the kids ate.
Taking a hot shower by candlelight & putting on comfy pjs.
Turning my phone on vibrate before bed & not worrying about who might need something.
Sleeping until my body said to wake up (which resulted in me waking up after 9am & I don’t remember the last time I slept past 7).
Heading back to the couch to binge watch movies with Husbae in my pjs on Saturday morning.
Not cooking or cleaning all day, no matter how bad I felt like I needed to.
Reading a book until I fell asleep & letting my body wake itself up again (I've finished 2 in the last week).
Handling my normal church routine with 2 of my favorite pastors ONLINE.
Back to the couch & the movie watching. I couldn’t tell you what we had or who cooked dinner.
Yoga before bed.
Even though I didn’t fall asleep early on Sunday, I was in bed before 8pm.
Did a stress-free, unrushed morning routine, go to work, & head back to the couch each evening all week long, with the exception of Monday night for cheerleading (which I read my book the whole time) & Tuesday night getting dinner with my married boos.
There are a million things I could’ve done over the last week. Hell, about 900,000 of those I should’ve been doing. However, my mind & body needed that rest. Disconnecting was necessary for my mental wellbeing.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m still a bit tired cuz sleep hasn’t come easy this week, but the mental rest did my mind a lot of good. I honestly might do the minimum this week to prep for next week since cheer competition is this weekend. I honestly could use a few weeks off so I can get my mind replenished, but the grind won’t allow me to do that.
Above all else, I learned a serious lesson that I frequently have to remind myself of: burnout recovery for busy women is MANDATORY!
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