Everyone has experienced times when their energy is exhausted and they just feel tired. The truth is that we are all going to run out of energy and motivation at some points in our lives. However, we always manage to regain that energy when we find new inspiration. For example, you can take my involvement with student organizations. At the beginning of the year, I was so excited about starting a student group and getting all these great projects going. As the quarter goes by, I see that group membership is not growing as much as I had hoped. I start getting problems from board members, general members, and other people involved with my student organization activities. When I try to fix those problems and to make the organization better, it takes a toll on my own personal and school time. The result is an unhappy and burnt out me. So what do I do to combat this? The only solution is to learn from mistakes and do things the smart way. I have to try to make the student organization work while not doing so much that I get burned. When I do get burned, I have to step back and wait until I regain my confidence. I focus on my school work and career search until I find new courage to work on my organization again. In many ways, my organization is like a business. The difference is you don’t get paid and people will always criticize for not being successful.
Great article. There’s a lot of good data here, though I did want to let you know something – I am running Ubuntu with the current beta of Firefox, and the design of your blog is kind of funky for me. I can understand the articles, but the navigation doesn’t function so well.
Thanks for the heads up. I will be sure to update my theme so it functions properly.