Do you ever feel overworked and underappreciated? Are you overwhelmed with too much work to do and not knowing where to begin? Do you dread Sunday nights when your mind begins feeling overloaded with thoughts of the coming workweek? Are you calling in sick more often than before?

If any of these are familiar scenarios for you, you may be experiencing job burn-out. Finding balance in our lives, especially at work, can be an on-going, but rewarding challenge. Here are some tips to reduce burn-out symptoms and help you find personal fulfillment in your job:

• Take some time out for yourself and establish your priorities.
  
  
• Then set REALISTIC goals to achieve your top priorities.
  
  
• Learn how and when to say NO to anything that does not involve your stated priorities.
  
  
• Let go of people and outcomes you have no control over and focus on your needs
  and goals instead.
  
  
• Practice positive self-talk to coach yourself into remaining in balance without feeling
  guilty.
  
  
• Take a deep breath and count to 10 when you begin to feel anxiety coming on.
  
  
• Close your eyes and visualize yourself achieving your goals while feeling in total balance with your surroundings.
  
  
• Develop time and life management skills. Don't procrastinate - do it now. Putting things off until later just creates more mental baggage.
  
  
• View mistakes as learning experiences, not personal failures.
  
  
• Leave work at work - don't take home problems or paperwork.
  
  
• Exercise frequently - taking a walk during your lunch hour is a great stress reliever.

Most importantly, have FUN!! Life does not have to be difficult - if you believe it does, maybe it's time to examine your internal beliefs which may be hindering your happiness.