Avoiding burnout

by | August 11, 2011

There once was a learner named Bryte,
Who always wrote both day and night,
Then she began to take breaks
For fun, lakes and cakes
Till school and life balance was right.

Topics posted in: Attitudes & Motivation.

One Response to "Avoiding burnout"

  1. Julie Anderson-Manrique says:

    There once was a learner who wasn’t a fella
    She taught at a college and “learned” at Capella
    The end of coursework in sight
    focus eluded her each night
    She thought: why’d I put myself through this hell-a?

    Projects began to pile up, falling farther behind
    Focus lost. Sanity tossed. No more the boss of her mind
    Should she sit out?
    Should she reroute?
    She pondered these thoughts all the time.

    what she needed was vacation
    to increase her concentration
    incompletes became temptation
    yet she forged on towards her goal.

    Do you have some sound advice?
    That can loose me from this vice?
    And entice me to persevere, not veer
    off the path I’ve set my light?

    Yes, I know I can finish these few classes,
    then I’ll study for my comps,
    go and write that dissertation,
    till then I need t’get pumped!

    Are you out there, who like me,
    started strong and then went whacky?
    Can you give me sound advice
    to set me straight
    regain my focus?

    hocus pocus’s what I need.

    Can I do this? Yes, I can.
    By God’s strength I’ll persevere
    plodding plodding, I can tell ya
    one day….I’ll be that doctor from Capella
    9.10.11

    September 10, 2011 at 8:08 am