Thank you for your wonderful post, and for inspiring me to type something that didn't related to a software launch! ;)
Back when I volunteered for a counseling center, I asked our trainer, "How do you keep from getting burned out?" He replied, very honestly, "You try to stick to the rule of leaving it at the door, but you do get burned out. You wouldn't be here in the first place if you didn't care, and so you will get burned out. And when you do, you'll talk to other counselors, and you'll pick yourself up and you'll continue on, or you'll decide that it's too much and you'll leave."
I'm a little burned out, but now that the election's over, we can rest a little, prop each other up, and continue on. *hugs*
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Date: 2012-11-08 05:41 am (UTC)Back when I volunteered for a counseling center, I asked our trainer, "How do you keep from getting burned out?" He replied, very honestly, "You try to stick to the rule of leaving it at the door, but you do get burned out. You wouldn't be here in the first place if you didn't care, and so you will get burned out. And when you do, you'll talk to other counselors, and you'll pick yourself up and you'll continue on, or you'll decide that it's too much and you'll leave."
I'm a little burned out, but now that the election's over, we can rest a little, prop each other up, and continue on. *hugs*