Pamiętasz ten moment, When you came to your first collection? This thrill, when you surrounded yourself with strangers? Uncertainty, Will everyone accept you and will want to talk to you at all? Of team, who talked about great adventures with passion, which await you? That day you received a spark.
Next collections, trips, meeting. The spark turned into a flame. Each meeting was fuel, raising more and more fire. Until you ignited. You felt great among people, with which you shared your passions, feelings, dile. You absorbed new experiences with each moment, great moments, You met people, you studied. It gave you the strength to continue to act. You knew, that this is where your place is.
Then something happened, what you may not even expect. After some time, you were able to share fire with others, scared, wonderful people. You sent sparkles to new hearts believing, that they also ignite the same feeling as you, When you had these 10 lat. It wasn't always successful, but every eyes staring at you, były najlepszą rekompensatą za całe poświęcenie dane podczas pracy instruktorskiej.
You don't even know when, Your flame weakened more and more. It turned out more and more often, that being the light of the bonfire is more difficult. You tried, You doubled and tripled until finally, Your fuel is over. You were no longer enjoying another collection. Organizing a trip has become an unpleasant duty, and the camp- an insurmountable barrier. The flames of others shone brighter. Their glow blinded you.
Each of us catches burnout. Sooner or later you will start thinking, Does whatever you do at all makes any sense. Maybe, Like I recently, You are at the moment? What to do?
1. Breathe. Rest.
Sometimes you have to give yourself some time. Stop making more watts every weekend. Give up the bivouac. Ask someone to lead a collection for you. One day will not hurt, And it will definitely help. Set some time, when you are not for anyone. Maybe Sunday? Spend her with her family, turn off the phone, Set Facebook to "offline" mode. You need it.
2. Find and realize your passion.
Sometimes it is like that, that by taking over the function, We focus on realizing someone's interests. We forget about ourselves. It's great to devote yourself to your hobby. Even better, If you can combine them with scout work.
3. Understand, that life is not only scouting.
It happens, that we are involved in instructor work in 100%, neglecting all this, what outside. Life is a lot of experience, Not everything has to connect with scouting.
4. Give up.
Competition? Team page? Chronicle? Documents? Papirology? Collection? Work plans? Give up. Give some duties to someone else. Can handle. Serious.
5. Go to the course, workshops.
Change the environment. Maybe in a friendly detachment there are workshops for teams? Of adjutant? Maybe there is a first aid course there? What about it, that you already have it! You can always learn something new, a już na pewno poznasz innych ludzi. Use it.
6. Meet with instructors privately.
Organize a trip without children. Do something, What will be an opportunity for you all to strengthen your relationship, but also will become a form of rest. Scouting is not only for children, but also for the older ones. Maybe you are, more burned out?
7. Talk to someone.
You definitely have friends. Maybe it is worth turning to them? Talk about things that tire you? They will definitely help you relieve yourself. Do not diminish the value of the knowledge of older instructors. They also went through it and are a huge treasury of motivation.
8. Limit your functions.
It often happens, that we perform more than one function. You must understand, that something that is for everything, is useless. Sometimes it's worth choosing it, What actually makes us happy and thinks about what the hair does not stand for us.
9. Get ready.
Being burned, We very often neglect the fact of planning. We go to the element. It used to work, a teraz już jakby mniej. Each collection seems to be a failure and undermines our self -confidence. Get ready for her. Write a plan, synopsis, Search on the net looking for new forms of work, Invite an interesting person. Do something new, unconventional.
10. Find a different path in your life.
This is not talked about. You can't lose an instructor! It's not true. We never lose instructors. We allow them to develop in a different field. That was the intention- bring a good citizen. No actions were effective? You feel, that you just don't want to participate in the team's life, troop? You don't have time anymore? Give up. Tive the function to someone else and see how he is burning, But remember to always support and share your experience, by i on, When the flame will hear, He had support in someone. Maybe his adventure with scouting will last for many years?
You also don't have to give up completely. Become a team guardian. Become a member of the instructor circle. Go "higher", Work in the detachment, Become a governor, deputy commander, Put on a scout club. The organization gives you a lot of possibilities and it is only up to you how you use them.
I am writing this text shortly after I was supposed to give up my job in the organization. It's a really hard time, because it gives us a lot of negative emotions. Motivation and creativity decreases, Everything annoys us, something that gave pleasure becomes unbearable. We blame ourselves for all failures.
Don't worry. Everything is finally arranged. Burnout is not the end of the world, You can always manage. You are needed.
