The Burnout Antidote - Dose 7: Imagine Your 80th Birthday

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What are your values? How do they influence your personal and work identities? What do you need as you journey through different phases in your life? For healthcare professionals, thinking about your personal identity, what you want to prioritize in your personal life, your identity as a care provider, and your career goals is helpful for ongoing well-being and priority setting. In Dose 7 of this series of videos, co-hosts Amy and Paul encourage us to imagine our 80th birthday to explore what is truly important in our lives.
Amy Pearlman, MSW, LICSW, and Paul Deger, MA, LPC, PT, hosts of Psych Hub’s podcast The Burnout Antidote: Infusing Well-being into Healthcare Culture, are sharing ten tools that you can use to help heal or protect yourself from healthcare burnout. Watch these short video “doses” on Thursdays following the full companion podcast episodes.
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I like the idea of imagining your 80th birthday work as a burnout antidote. By incorporating this visualization into your routine, you can create a mental oasis to retreat to when feeling overwhelmed, reminding yourself of the bigger picture and the joys that await in the future. This can help sustain your energy and passion for your work and life.
Imagining your 80th birthday can serve as a powerful visualization exercise to help you connect with your long-term goals and aspirations. By envisioning the life you want to have lived by that age, you can gain clarity on what is truly important to you and align your daily actions with those values.
This exercise can also provide perspective on current stressors and challenges. It can help you discern which stressors will likely be insignificant in the grand scheme of your life, allowing you to focus on what will have a lasting impact and reduce anxiety over the small stuff.
Also, reflecting on your 80th birthday can reignite your sense of purpose and motivation. It can remind you of the reasons why you chose your path and the impact you want to make, which can be a powerful antidote to burnout.
This can also help with setting boundaries. With a clear vision of your desired future, you may be more inclined to set healthy boundaries and prioritize activities that contribute to your long-term well-being, rather than succumbing to the immediate pressures that can lead to burnout.
Regularly visualizing your success, including a fulfilling 80th birthday celebration, can reinforce your commitment to your goals and the steps you need to take to achieve them. This can help maintain motivation and focus, which are essential for preventing burnout.
Envisioning a positive future can also be a form of emotional regulation, helping to maintain a positive mood and outlook, which are key components in preventing burnout.