At work, but also in our school context, we may come across with these three states of mind related to mental health and which can affect our outcome.
Let's first have a look at the definitions of these words:
Burnout is to ruin one's health or become completely exhausted through overwork.
Boreout is specifically related to feeling spiritually disconnected at work:
we might feel separate from our colleagues, detached from our company's
vision, and as though our role lacks any sort of purpose or meaning.
Brownout >> business context, it refers to employees working long hours without any real interest in their job, leading to disengagement, discontent, and lethargy.
And now let's have a look at some articles related to the issue:
Underworked but exhausted? That's not burnout, that's 'boreout' (The Guardian)
Burnout Symptoms and Treatment (verywellmind.com)
Preventing Burnout While You Work From Home (madhathaven.com)
The damaging effects of 'boreout' at work (BBC News)
Do you feel burnt out? It’s not just about working too much (The Guardian)
But not everything connected to boredom is bad....
Listening exercise for you to do: The benefits of boredom (BBC Learning English)
Some great ideas have come out of this state of mind.
Some activities for you to do:
Leadership: Do you wan to connect with people? (BBC Learning English)
Words in the news: The secret of giraffes' long legs (BBC Learning English)
News Review: Climate change affects health (BBC Learning English)
News Report: Delhi water crisis (BBC Learning English)
English tenses in conversation | Past Simple & Present Perfect | 'did' or 'have done' today?
My musical hint for today: Let the river run by Carly Simon from the film Working Girl (movie trailer). Here's one version with the lyrics:
And talking about tennis and about different states of mental health...
Our students at work...
Project about A Foreigner in Britain by María Romero (1º Bach A)
Project on All about Ireland by Fran Toledo (3º ESO A)
Project on All about Ireland by José Carlos Escribabo (3º ESO A)
