This was an email I wrote to my coach. I had been burnt out and unmotivated. Here was my findings and I wanted to save it here for future reference.
The Email Analysis
I did 177 points today. You would think I would be thrilled for being so productive but the problem is, I can’t delineate and stop. Then I didn’t start my run till 8 pm and I’m out running in the dark again. Then I get angry with myself. And I get burnt out.
But that’s why I have to get out of the house. It gives me a starting and stopping point. At least I can see the burnout coming by tracking points.
So I did a point analysis. 425-450 points is a good balance. It pushes me without getting burned out.
Before Vacation:
- Week of 5/25 – 485 points
- Week of 6/1 – 445 points
- Week of 6/8 – 331 points (graduation week)
- Week of 6/15 – 167 points
- 6/17 I made a note that it’s been hard to focus and I was unmotivated
- 6/18 I told Jake on my accountability call and you on our coaching call that I needed to start heading into Regus because I was falling into a rut.
- Week of 6/22 – 400 points (worked at Regus 2x this week)
Here you can see the first 3 weeks was high intensity so it makes sense that the week of 6/15 fell apart. Then I was recovered by the week of 6/22.
Vacation Weeks:
- Week of 6/29 – 129 points
- Week of 7/6 – 307 points (this is high for a vacation week)
After Vacation
- Week of 7/13 – CE Week stress + 295 points
- Week of 7/20 – More CE stress + 278 points
- Week of 7/27 – 267 points (recovery week)
- Week of 8/3 – 435 points (good balance last week. Went to Regus 2x)
- Today 8/10 – 177 points
If you assigned points to CE, I’d weigh it as 10 points per credit hour and I had to do 40 CE hours so that’s 400 points those first 2 weeks back. When you look at it that way, you can see why I got burnt out and the week of 7/27 fell off.
Summary
So overall, I feel better now that I understand what is happening and how I got to where I am. Now I just have to make sure I don’t burn myself out this week. I have to get into the office so I can be more balanced in my work and personal schedule. 177 points for today is too much.
