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- If you're the kind of student who deals with

a demanding, ambitious   schedule, then it's possible

you've experienced   feelings of burnout.

Especially if you're watching a video called

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that sucked up large amounts   of my time as a teenager,

If you're looking for a   definition, David Ballard of

the American Psychological Association defined job burnout

as "An extended period of  time where someone experiences

"exhaustion and a lack  of interest in things,

"resulting in a decline    in their job performance."

and that definition   doesn't lose it's accuracy.

But, here's a more  practical definition,

everything makes you tired,  you don't care about anything,

Burnout is characterized by   near constant exhaustion,

It's something that can happen  when you're dealing with

large amounts of stress    for a long period of time,

Burnout is a state of being  that takes a while to get to.

And the good thing about this, is that you can

recognize the signs that    are indicative of burnout,

and take steps to  prevent actual burnout

The first step in being able to prevent burnout

is to figure out, what  exactly causes it.

Now a 2006 study at the   University of Southern Maine

A small percentage reported   mental or physical issues

to be a cause, and a   few others reported

that problems with professors  were causing their burnout.

caused by a lack of   personal motivation,

either a lack of interest in their major,

or as they describe in the paper, an overactive social life.

A full quarter of the    students surveyed reported

outside issues to be the    main cause, either family

or financial issues, or time management problems

mainly caused by things like part-time jobs.

However, by far the  largest cause reported

A full 49 percent of the students who actually

reported feelings of burnout,  cited an overbearing,

overtaxing course load as the  main cause of the problem.

So, now that we know    some of the common causes

of student burnout, we can    actually tackle the issue

of preventing it or fixing it  if you're already feeling it.

Now, the most important thing to note here,

and prevent actual    burnout before it happens.

You're gonna be much    better equipped to tackle

the depressive state   that burnout brings.

So if you feel like you're    on the road to burnout,

or you're experiencing  some of the symptoms

I mentioned before,   take that seriously

and take steps to prevent    what they lead to.

like you're past that   point and you're completely

burnt out right now, hopefully  some of these tips that

I'm going to round out the  video with, can help you out.

My first and foremost tip is,  learn from that 49 percent.

Don't bite off more than you can chew with your course load.

A more general way you  could put this, is,

think very carefully    before committing yourself

to over stretching for  long periods of time.

Be willing to challenge yourself, but realize

that you do have limitations,  just like the rest of us.

And if you go beyond those    limitations for too long,

Now if you've had a   look at my free book

on earning better  grades, you'll realize

this is a rewording  of the very first tip

in the first chapter  of the book, which is,

And, speaking of the system, my second tip is

to make sure that your  system, your brain,

and by extension your   body, are in working order.

A lack of sleep, good  nutrition or exercise

you're less able to deal with the challenges

of your schedule, and also,  things that can cause burnout.

A third tip is to make   sure that you're organized.

I've found in my life that    if I feel unorganized,

if my task-management  systems are full of

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